bryan@chroma.UUCP (Bryan Ford) (05/25/89)
Is there an easy fix for ARexx's current-directory problem (not giving it
to the ARexx process when RX is run)? I know you could just pass the
current directory to the script as an argument, but that looks bad and
seems messy and is slow. Does WShell fix this? Would it be possible to
write a replacement for the RX command which would pass the current
directory? (I'll try making one if nothing easier and better comes up.)
Please E-MAIL only. (Unless mail doesn't go through, of course.) I'll post
a summary. Also, if this has been discussed before, forgive me, I just got
back on Usenet less than a month ago.
Thanks in advance.
Bryan
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/ ..!uunet!iconsys!caeco!i_core!chroma!bryan \lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) (05/28/89)
In <0667.AA0667@chroma>, bryan@chroma.UUCP (Bryan Ford) writes: > Is there an easy fix for ARexx's current-directory problem (not giving it > to the ARexx process when RX is run)? I know you could just pass the > current directory to the script as an argument, but that looks bad and > seems messy and is slow. Does WShell fix this? Would it be possible to > write a replacement for the RX command which would pass the current > directory? (I'll try making one if nothing easier and better comes up.) The next revision of ARexx will have a vastly improved current directory inheritance mechanism. Meanwhile, one solution is through the use of the pragma() keyword. /* example */ parse arg root if words(root) = 0 then root = pragma('d') say showdir(root) /* end */ This is still not overly pretty, but at least it's hidden inside the program, and saves you the ugliness of specifying current dir on the command line. > Please E-MAIL only. (Unless mail doesn't go through, of course.) I'll post > a summary. Also, if this has been discussed before, forgive me, I just got > back on Usenet less than a month ago. I have posted this because I think it's of general interest. Please don't let that stop you from posting any other solutions you might receive. -larry -- - Don't tell me what kind of a day to have! - +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca or uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+