R38@PSUVM.BITNET (Marc Rifkin) (02/12/89)
Ok, I heard of this before, but can't remember: I know that to refer to a file in the current VOLUME regardless of what subdirectory you are in, you (in AmigaDOS) use ':fname', but what would be the character(s) to refer to the CURRENT directory, such as in an ASSIGN command, that I wanted to assign the current dir as a certain name. Anyone? ------- Marc Rifkin / R38@PSUVM /////////////////////////////////////// 101 Beaver Hall / "Bueler, Bueler, Bueler..." / University Park, Pa. 16802 / (FBDO) / 814-862-6848 ///////////////////////////////////////
joe@cbmvax.UUCP (Joe O'Hara) (02/14/89)
In article <71214R38@PSUVM> R38@PSUVM.BITNET (Marc Rifkin) writes: >Ok, I heard of this before, but can't remember: >I know that to refer to a file in the current VOLUME regardless of >what subdirectory you are in, you (in AmigaDOS) use ':fname', >but what would be the character(s) to refer to the CURRENT directory, >such as in an ASSIGN command, that I wanted to assign the current >dir as a certain name. The character pair is "" -- ======================================================================== Joe O'Hara || Comments represent my own opinions, Commodore Electronics Ltd || not my employers. Any similarity to Software QA || to any other opinions, living or dead, || is purely coincidental. ========================================================================
alj@bilver.UUCP (arthur johnson) (02/15/89)
For ASSIGN, use 'ASSIGN ???: ""' <- two double quotes to ASSIGN something
to the current directory. I think you can use the "" on some other AmigaDOS
commands, but am not sure if you can use it in ALL reasonable situations.
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In article <406@bilver.UUCP> alj@bilver.UUCP (arthur johnson) writes: > For ASSIGN, use 'ASSIGN ???: ""' <- two double quotes to ASSIGN something >to the current directory. I think you can use the "" on some other AmigaDOS >commands, but am not sure if you can use it in ALL reasonable situations. Well, one reasonable situation where I can't use it is from Matt's shell v2.11. The double quote is ignored. Is there any way to do it? I just checked the docs and didn't find anything. /.- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . ... .- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . ...\ / Neil Weinstock | att!cord!nsw | "One man's garbage is another \ \ AT&T Bell Labs | nsw@cord.att.com | man's prune danish." - Harv Laser / \.- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . ... .- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . .../
dillon@POSTGRES.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) (02/18/89)
:In article <406@bilver.UUCP> alj@bilver.UUCP (arthur johnson) writes: :> For ASSIGN, use 'ASSIGN ???: ""' <- two double quotes to ASSIGN something :>to the current directory. I think you can use the "" on some other AmigaDOS :>commands, but am not sure if you can use it in ALL reasonable situations. : Neil Weinstock | att!cord!nsw Writes: :Well, one reasonable situation where I can't use it is from Matt's shell :v2.11. The double quote is ignored. Is there any way to do it? I just :checked the docs and didn't find anything. Yes you can.. use the \ overider. assign this: \"\" -Matt