umueller@iiic.ethz.ch (U. Dominik Mueller) (05/26/91)
ANNOUNCING: CSHELL 5.14 DESCRIPTION CShell is a replacement for the standard Amiga command line interface (CLI). It can be used as a script programming language, and it can talk to appli- cations through built in AREXX. It's PD, with all sources available. AVAILABILITY FTP: At ab20.larc.nasa.gov (128.155.23.64), either in: /incoming/amiga/csh514.lzh /amiga/utils/system/cli/shells/csh514.lzh FIDONET: File request at the AUGL BBS (2:302/906), csh514.lzh. Phone: AUGL BBS +417582018, login=cshell, password=support, file area 24 Email: Send a mail 'FILE: csh514.lzh' to filerequest@deepthot.cary.nc.us If you can't get it or want the french doc, drop me a mail. ABOUT VERSIONS 5.11-5.14 New features to 5.11-5.14: (summarized, for details refer to changes.doc) - 'if' has an option to check for options in its arguments - 'mem' has an option for flushing the memory - 'rm' has an option that suppressed warnings about nonexisting files - 'rxsend' is not abortable when stuck - 'writefile' introduced for symmetry to 'readfile' and for speed - $_rback holds the command the be used for background starting using '&' - @arg( ) and @opt( ) introduced as aliases for @pickargs and @pickopts - @basename( ) now operates on sets of words, too - @trim( ) removes leading and trailing blanks off a set of words - ^D now displays the directory while editing - shift-up-arrow can now be reapeated (quite useful in fact) - TAB file name expansion automatically quotes file names containing ';' - support for foreign scripts; e.g. scrips starting with /*RX will be RXed. - French documentation available (from the AUGL BBS; I can also mail it) Bugs fixed in 5.11-5.14: (selection) - 'assign' without arguments crashed 5.10 - an extra line feed was in the command line causing trouble with asm progs - ^U on an empty command line sometimes crashed - 'dir >prt:' would cause a lockup - 'dir -z' with corrupt format strings caused random characters - AmigaDOS residents didn't work as promised under Kickstart 1.3 - installation docs for Kickstart 1.3 revised If any mails to me weren't replied to, please resend (account troubles). __ | U. Dominik Mueller | / / | U. D. Mueller | | INTERNET:umueller@iiic.ethz.ch | __ / / | Schulhausstr. 83 | | FIDONET : 2:302/906 (AUGL BBS) | \ \/ / | CH-6312 Steinhausen | | "Don't tell my employer" | \__/ | SWITZERLAND | -- Please see monthly postings for the disclaimer, the introduction, the charter, and submission instructions. Comments to zerkle@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu. MAIL ALL SUBMISSIONS TO announce@iris.eecs.ucdavis.edu (don't auto-post).