gmd@myhut.UUCP (George MacDonald) (04/23/89)
Some more 1.4 Suggestions, if it's not to late!!
1] Symolic links ala BSD UNIX! These critters would be real useful with
the number of hardrives increasing. I use both Intuition and the
CLI alot and find I end up duplicating a lot of binaries. I put most
programs that I run from the CLI(csh actually) in work:c and some
in work:bin. However when I use intuition I like to see things
organized differently. I suppose I could make my path look everywhere
I have binary files, but it's bothersome to update and I presume
would slow down program invokation.
2] Also I was wondering if it would be possible to execute a
CLI script automatically when one changes into new directory. Say if
a directory contains a file called dir.setup, then if one cd'ed into
that directory then the script would be run automatically. This would
make it very easy to setup custom environments etc. This script
could also be run from intuition when a drawer is opened.
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George MacDonald zinn!myhut!gmdgriff@intelob.intel.com (Richard Griffith) (04/25/89)
In article <0281.AA0281@myhut> gmd@myhut.UUCP (George MacDonald) writes: >Some more 1.4 Suggestions, if it's not to late!! >1] Symolic links ala BSD UNIX! These critters would be real useful with > the number of hardrives increasing. I use both Intuition and the > CLI alot and find I end up duplicating a lot of binaries. I put most > programs that I run from the CLI(csh actually) in work:c and some > in work:bin. However when I use intuition I like to see things > organized differently. I suppose I could make my path look everywhere > I have binary files, but it's bothersome to update and I presume > would slow down program invokation. no more bothersome than plunking down links everywhere - You should see our dir's here - a virtual spiderweb of links! Altho, I think links do have their advantages...link being able to keep several different versions of a given piece of software around.... >2] Also I was wondering if it would be possible to execute a > CLI script automatically when one changes into new directory. Say if > a directory contains a file called dir.setup, then if one cd'ed into > that directory then the script would be run automatically. This would > make it very easy to setup custom environments etc. This script > could also be run from intuition when a drawer is opened. why not just alias your "cd" command? have it source your dir.setup each time you enter a change.... xicon could do the same... - griff -- * Richard E. Griffith * Cyrus Hammerhand * * "griff" * Household of the Golden Wolf * * BiiN, Hillsboro Ore. * Dragons' Mist * * UUCP: ...[!uunet]!tektronix!biin!griff * An Tir * ************************************************************************** * These are MY opinions, if BiiN wanted them, They'd pay for `em! *