#Intruder,IFF
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Well, I did it. I got a second floppy drive. NOW, I have a new
question… It concerns the game INTRUDER. I have been able to unpack it
to a disk by itself. When I tried to load it via the icon from the WB
screen I got the message: IFF library must be in lis: directory.1.intrude
the only files on the disk related to this is iff.library and
Install_libs. What am I doing wrong?…(now,sheesh)
Thanks for everything. I am learning a lot!
Fern
Fern:
CD to the disk that has the file INSTALL_LIBS on it, then enter
INSTALL_LIBS at the shell prompt. That program will install the needed
libraries in to your LIBS: directory.
// Michael
\X/ …on AutoPilot
Fern,
IFF.library must be copied to the directory called Libs. The installLibrary
icon appears to do just that, by double-clicking on it you will execute a
text file attached to that icon, it probably just has a single line of text
that says something like:
Copy IFF.library [to] LIBS: ; The [to] was added by me for clarity only.
Don't
use with the command it isn't necessary.
You can do that yourself if you want, but be sure to include the paths
Copy df1:IFF.library Libs: ;To is implied not written.
But just double-clicking on the Install_Libs icon should work for you.
Chris
I tried double clicking on the Install libs icon. It just flashed on me. I
tried from cli and it still wouldn't work. I tried copy df1:iff.library
c:libs……the "c" could be my mistake, I will try again. Thank you!
Fern
Fern,
Yes c: is the mistake, LIBS: is a separate directory that is assigned by
AmigaOS for the storage of all library files. These can be distinguished by
the suffix
library appended to the file name. Like IFF.library or ASL.library, both
reside in the libs directory. SOooo, type Copy df1:IFF.library LIBS: will
force the OS to copy the file into the assigned directory libs on your
system disk.
C: is for Commands
LIBS: is for LIBraries
DEVS: is for DEVices, printer drivers
L: is for handLers
S: is for Scripts
T: is for temporary files
ENV: is for Enviromental variables
ENVARC: is for ENVironmental ARChive
Get the idea?
Chris
Fern,
Your libs: directory is not in C: There are several directories on your
Workbench disk. The c: directory is for commands. (Makes sense, doesn't
it?) It holds all the commands you type at the CLI such as DIR, COPY, CD,
etc. Type DIR C: if you want to see what is there.
The libs: directory holds lots of libraries. A library is a set of
routines that can be shared by all the programs that are running and each
library deals with a specific kind of routines. If you get a directory of
the libs: directory, you will find things like the diskfont.library that
handles the fonts, the translator.library that handles speech, the IEEE
math libraries (forget their exact names) and that kind of thing.
The devs: library has the various devices such as the disk drives, the
printer, the serial port (usually for your modem), the parallel port (most
often used for the printer), and that sort.
You can learn a good bit about the amiga just by reading a list of the
files in these various directories. It gives you a better idea of where
things go.
So yes, you should not have put c:libs – just put libs:
Betty