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- ARP(REL1) ARP User's Manual ARP(REL1)
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- NAME
- Assign - Binds a device name to a directory.
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- SYNOPSIS
- Assign NAME: DIRECTORY <total of 10 pairs> LIST/S
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- DESCRIPTION
- Assign causes NAME: to be a synonym for DIRECTORY or
- Pathname. This is refered to as a "logical" device, since
- it appears to the amiga and the user as a device, but is in
- fact a directory. You can use this as a convenient short
- hand to refer to lengthy pathnames, or to refer to a variety
- of different directories by the same name (just change the
- assignment when you want the program to change directories).
- You can remove assignments by giving only NAME:, without a
- directory path to assign it to. Typing Assign by itself, or
- Assign LIST, will display the current logical assignments.
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- EXAMPLE
- ASSIGN DICTIONARY: df1:usr/lib/dictionary DICTIONARY: may
- now be used as a synonym for the complete path
- df1:usr/lib/dictionary. If a program uses the logical
- device DICTIONARY: rather than a hardcoded directory name,
- then changing the DICTIONARY: assignment will change the
- dictionary that the program will use.
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- ARP EXTRAS
- Up to 10 pairs of Assignments may be made with one command.
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- CAUTIONS
- Random or careless assignments of the Amiga's pre-assigned
- devices can cause mass confusion.
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- Page 1 (printed 10/6/87)
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