[Coco] Re: Path command wasRe: OS-9 LVL II

[Kevin Diggs]

Hi,

	In Unix (& Linux), path is NOT a command. It is a feature of the 
command interpreter (i.e. shell) and some of the exec LIBRARY routines. 
It is all built on the ENV variables that the Unix process model 
includes. Does OS9 have ENV? A shell is not the only place to launch a 
shell from.

					kevin

KnudsenMJ at aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 2/19/05 12:15:38 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
> chazbeenhad at hotmail.com writes:
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>>Bob,  If you put the PATH command in startup, won't it only set path for the 
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>>TERM window?
>>Is there a way to set path for all open shell  windows without having to go 
>>to each screen and
>>using a script  or typing path=whatever ?
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> Not sure about OS9 6809 or ShellPlus, but in 68K if you execute the PATH  
> command (or any other environment settings) in Startup, and then spin off shells  
> and windows in Startup, those settings will apply by inheritance to all those 
>  shells, even after the temporary shell that ran the Startup file goes  away.
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> At least I think that's how it's supposed to work, at least in UNIX or  Linux.
> --Mike K.
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