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).
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| 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 |
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