woodside@ttidca.TTI.COM (George Woodside) (05/17/89)
In article <8905160147.AA16203@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> RIDDCJ@KIRK.ASTON.AC.UK writes: ...[edited]... > A sidenote: I have been trying to figure out the order of execution in the >Auto folder. It is nothing at all to do with the way the desktop files are >sorted (Name, Date, Size, Type), and doesn't *appear* to be anything logical. This question pops up on a routine basis. The order of execution is the physical order in which the files occur in the directory of the disk. On a clean disk, with an empty directory, that would be the order in which the files are placed into the directory (noting that only files of extension .PRG are executed). If you delete a file, then that directory entry becomes available, and the next file added to that directory will occupy the physical location (and consequently the execution sequence) formerly held by the deleted entry. To precisely control the sequence of execution, remove all files from the /AUTO folder, and replace them in the sequence you want them executed. Note that if you are using some startup utility program to control your startup sequence, then (once that utility gets executed), sequence becomes controlled by that utility. -- *George R. Woodside - Citicorp/TTI - Santa Monica, CA *Path: ..!{philabs|csun|psivax}!ttidca!woodside
BigD@cup.portal.com (Harold Hank Hagquist) (05/19/89)
The date and time of the files are the order in which the files are run fdiffm
NAME DATE/TIME ORDER RUN
Program1.PRG 03/19/89 09:00:00 2
Program2.PRG 03/19/89 08:59:00 1
Program3.PRG 05/01/89 21:40:49 3
Hope this helps.n62@nikhefh.hep.nl (Klamer Schutte) (05/19/89)
In article <18540@cup.portal.com> BigD@cup.portal.com (Harold Hank Hagquist) writes: >The date and time of the files are the order in which the files are run fdiffm > NAME DATE/TIME ORDER RUN > Program1.PRG 03/19/89 09:00:00 2 > Program2.PRG 03/19/89 08:59:00 1 > Program3.PRG 05/01/89 21:40:49 3 > >Hope this helps. WRONG!! the order of execution is the order the files have in the directory! The difference becomes clear when you delete a file in the auto folder and write a new one; The new file will take the place of the older one and will thus be executed before file's placed further in the /auto folder. This is, on my version of TOS - a 1040 bought +- 1 year ago (sorry, i do not know more). Klamer. -- ________________________________________________________________________________ Klamer Schutte mcvax!nikhefh!n62 n62@nikhefh.hep.nl
root@yale.UUCP (Root Of All Evil) (05/20/89)
In article <18540@cup.portal.com> BigD@cup.portal.com (Harold Hank Hagquist) writes: >The date and time of the files are the order in which the files are run fdiffm No. It's the order in which files appear in the directory. The directory consists of a series of "slots" which are filled in order as files are written. However, slots are reused when files are deleted, so a newly-written file can end up ahead of an older file. The easiest way to be sure of the order is to delete everything in \AUTO and then copy the files back one at a time in the order you want them to run. ================================================== | Michael Fischer | | Arpanet: <fischer-michael@cs.yale.edu> | | Bitnet: <fischer-michael@yalecs.bitnet> | | UUCP: <fischer-michael@yale.UUCP> | ==================================================