[Coco] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Nitros9 Script question

[Charlie]

Mark, could you make that version you have of dir available? Or, point us to
where it can be found?
Thanks.

Charlie

<mmarlett at isd.net> wrote in message
news:4162a0f6.5e31.0 at isd.net...
> All,
>
> I spoke with Boisy on this last night and he indicated that the stock dir
> with NitrOS-9 doesn't handle the wildcard. I know mine does, so it is a
> replacement.......
>
> Mark
>
> >To Mark, Fred, Charlie, et al:
> >
> >This "DIR" behavior has nothing to do with Shell, or any OS release
> version.
> >DIR expects its argument to be a directory, not a file.  DIR for OS9 and
> >NitrOS9 has always worked this way; it never worked with ordinary files.
> >(this is NOT an MSDOS version)  If you had a DIR that worked with files
> >AND directories, it was a replacement utility, not the 'stock' version.
> >
> >Rodney
> >
> >Mark Marlette wrote:
> >>This sounds more like a shell issue. I'm not in front of a CoCo now or
> will
> >>be for 24+ hours, :(. So Boisy or Robert correct me here if I mislead. I
> >>***think*** shell+ is the standard default shell in the NitrOS
> >>distributions. Shell+ handles scripts differently than the stock Tandy
> >>shell did. In the CMDS dir there are different shells. Find the one that
> >>works for you. Could be an OS issue but I doubt it.
> >>
> >>As far as wildcards go....I do this often, so often I don't recall what
> I'm
> >>using or how I have it setup at home. Run scripts or use the path
command
> >>of shell+ to point to my special commands. The command is dir, just
don't
> >>know the flavor right now. Will try when I get with range of a
tre....Did
> >>that one for you Kevin..... :)
> >>
> >>Mark
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>> > ><mmarlett at isd.net> wrote in message
> >>>> > >news:41619e62.3eec.0 at isd.net...
> >>>> > >>
> >>>> > >>
> >>>> > >> Charlie,
> >>>> > >>
> >>>> > >> :dir -e *.adv doesn't work???????
> >>>> > >>
> >>>> > >> Add the : in front of the dir command.
> >>>> > >>
> >>>> > >> ????
> >>>> > >>
> >>>> > >> Mark
> >>>> > >>
> >>>
> >>>> > >Mark,
> >>>> > >
> >>>> > >Nitros9 3.02.01, using the Kyumgai directory I typed :dir -e
> >>>> *.vef and I
> >>>> > get
> >>>> > >error 214. 214 is no permission.
> >>>> > >
> >>>> > >Charlie
> >>>
> >>>While following your thread, I got curious, so I tried it out myself. I
> >>>also got an 'Error 214 - No Permission' when I tried the command ':dir
> -e
> >>>*.doc' in a directory with a lot of .doc files.
> >>>
> >>>I am running NitrOS-9 ver. 03.02.04.
> >>>
> >>>I've noticed a similar problem with a few other commands. I keep
getting
> >>>'No Permission' errors with certain commands that I never got before
> >>>upgrading to 03.02.04. Most notably 'bak' and 'dircopy', which are two
> >>>Cocopro! utilities I have which copy directories.
> >>>
> >>>Fred Provoncha
> >
> >
> >
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