[arachne] Re: <Alt+E> Problems - Files in body
- From: "Eric S. Emerson" <wildrice5@xxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:13:51 -0500
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Hey Rob,
I'm glad that your happy
with Freedos. I don't have any of those
problems that you had with DOS so I'm
happy where I am. I appreciate the info
about Freedos so I can better understand
user problems with Arachne and maybe
give better help.
Thanks again for your feedback,
Eric
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 10:16:53 -0600 (CST) robo13@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
>
> Hey Eric,
> When I used DOS I kept trying to keep all added executables
> in a sysutils directory, and keep my root directory clean.
> I would get errors of like 'PATH nested too deep' or some
> such. I never have to change my PATH in 'nix. There is
> nothing disorganized about it. The dos/windows way of
> long PATH statements or dumping everything in one directory
> and so many apps wanting their directories in the root
> directory became a PITA for me. I'm a software junkie and
> now when I add an app I know where to find configs, executables
> or libraries, they all have their place. It keeps a cleaner
> drive. It's just a different way of doing things than the
> traditional M$, dos/windows way of doing things.
> IMO FreeDOS is considerably more advanced than the
> older proprietary DOSs.
> Rob
>
> On Sat, 25 Nov 2006, Eric S. Emerson wrote:
> >
> > Hi Rob,
> > Lester already told me that Arachne
> > is in d:\arc\ directory. So, I would expect to see
> > at least that directory in the "path statement".
> >
> > Ie: path= d:\fdos\bin;d:\arc
> >
> > similar to the path statement you wrote:
> >
> >> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
> >
> > I was just trying to give an example. I was not
> > telling him he had to copy my path. I was just
> > suggesting that d:\arc\ should be in his path
> > when he is running Arachne. That way batch files
> > that he puts in d:\arc\, his main arachne directory,
> > will be always accessible when he shells to dos
> > and changes drives and/or directories.
> >
> > In DOS, many individual programs change the path
> > statement when they are run and then return the
> > original path statement when they are shut down.
> > If he doesn't want d:\arc\ in his path all the time then
> > a simple batch file, run when he starts Arachne,
> > could add it to the path and remove it from the path
> > when he shuts Arachne down.
> >
> > BTW, I have never seen a working DOS setup that
> > only had one directory in it's path. That would mean
> > that everything would have to be put into that directory
> > to be globally accessible. That would be poor organization
> > of files in my opinion.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:36:57 -0600 (CST) robo13@xxxxxxxxxxx
> writes:
> >> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> >>
> >> Hey Eric,
> >> It's been awhile since I used FreeDOS, although I've
> >> been meaning to try the new stable 1.0 version, but
> >> just as m$dos uses c:\dos and DrDOS uses c:\drdos
> >> and then additional programs have to keep adding to the
> >> PATH statement, and directories scattershot all over the
> >> system, FreeDOS touches on the 'nix system of keeping
> >> things much more organized and everything in it's place.
> >> You pretty much never put anything in the root directory.
> >> this is my PATH statement in Slackware.
> >>
> >> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
> >>
> >> Each bin has different permissions. He could just put 'a.bat'
> >> in d:\fdos\bin or more likely a somewhat similar executable.
> >> Rob
> >>
> >> On Fri, 24 Nov 2006, Eric S. Emerson wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Rob,
> >>> I don't know 'nix or Freedos.
> >>> I just know that looks nothing like what
> >>> I get when I type PATH at the prompt and
> >>> press ENTER. That looks to me like the
> >>> path to his files in his "bin" directory.
> >>> Does Freedos have a different way of
> >>> displaying the path ?
> >>>
> >>> Eric
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:02:09 -0600 (CST) robo13@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> writes:
> >>>> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> >>>>
> >>>> Eric,
> >>>> I would say that is his PATH, if he is using FreeDOS.
> >>>> FreeDOS has a fair bit of 'nix influence.
> >>>> Rob
> >>>>
> >>>> On Fri, 24 Nov 2006, Eric S. Emerson wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi Lester,
> >>>>> I learned that my path should always
> >>>>> include:
> >>>>> 1. The root directory of my boot drive which is
> >>>>> always C: in all my computers.
> >>>>> 2. The directory where all my DOS commands/utilities
> >>>>> are stored.
> >>>>> 3. The Arachne main directory if I am running Arachne.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So that would be: path= c:\;c:dos;d:\arachne in my case.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I may also sometimes add other directories if they
> >>>>> contain programs/files that I want global access to.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I don't know your computer setup so I can't really
> >>>>> comment on your path.......except......... I am surprised
> >>>>> that I don't see the Arachne main directory included.
> >>>>> In fact, what you show below doesn't even look like
> >>>>> your path. Your path is the line returned when you
> >>>>> type PATH at a DOS prompt and press ENTER.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Eric
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 04:15:15 -0500 "Lester"
> >> <fd100@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> writes:
> >>>>>> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Eric: If you put CDA.BAT in your PATH, then you can use it
> >> from
> >>>> the
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> command prompt when you're in DOS. There are many times that
> I
> >>>> want
> >>>>>> to return to my Arachne main directory and do something
> before
> >> I
> >>>>>> start up Arachne.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Might be a good idea, I put it there. Btw, my path is:
> >>>> d:\fdos\bin
> >
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