CompuServe Messages

Somethings about CLI: If you want to view programs on a disk then enter DIR in CLI. If you want you can create sub-directories on a disk by using MAKEDIR and then use CD to move throught the different directories. CD: will bring you to the top of the directories, this is called ROOT and you would enter soemthing like: CD:abasic/terminals/xterm.bas In my example (:) is ROOT, (abasic) is a directory, (terminals) is a sub-directory and (xterm.bas) is a program that I want. CD://xterm.bas This will do the same thing as above. Anoter neat command is WHY, this will tell you why the last command failed if you make a mistake. You can then experiment with CLI trying to figure out the syntax of the command and then use WHY to see what you are doing wrong. You can also use ASSIGN to assiggn a name to a device. Rather then looking for a program on DF0: I could assign a name to that device which would describe the disk in that drive like SOURCE: Also note that naming files can be in upper or lower case. they will display as you type them but they will be found whether you shift or not. Darrell Just think, I know al this and I don't even own an Amiga…… yet.