#ICONS
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Brad,
Many of those files can't be run from WorkBench, but have to be run
from a CLI. The Amiga has no special filename extenders, so you have to give
the Amiga the full filename such as ARC.EXE to get it to run, unlike MS-DOS
where you could just type ARC and the file would run even thou it was named
ARC.EXE on the disk.
A tutorial on the CLI and it's usage is too large for one (or several)
message here. I would suggest a book such as one from Compute! or the official
book from CBM, published by Bantam called 'The AmigaDOS Manual'. Make sure you
get the 1.2 version.
Don
Don:
Puh-leeeeeeeeese! The correct term is 'extenSIONS'.
I wouldn't care to discuss what wholly revolting connotations are brought to
mind by the oft-incorrectly used 'extenDERS'.
Roger
P.S. Nothing personal you understand – I've been meaning to get this off my
chest for a long time.
Roger,
True, and I usualy do use the term 'filename extension', I don't know
what I was thinking of when I used extenders…probably the amount of sleep I
haven't had in the last week or two (grin).
Don