Re: ProDOS Question

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

An important note about PREFIX...

If your current prefix is, say, /GEMINI...

]PREFIX COMMUNICATIONS
will change the current prefix to /GEMINI/COMMUNICATIONS
                                  ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
But...                            (volume)  (directory)

]PREFIX /THUNDERBOLT

will change the current prefix to /THUNDERBOLT
                                   (volume)

And if you type 
]PREFIX
/THUNDERBOLT
]
you will get the current prefix.  To set the prefix to a particular slot
and drive, you need to specify (for example):

]PREFIX ,S6,D1

Leaving out the comma, as in:

]PREFIX D1
]PREFIX
/THUNDERBOLT/D1
]CATALOG
 PATH NOT FOUND

Whereas a more desirable result may be had with...

]PREFIX ,S6,D1
]CAT

/GEMINI

PRODOS          SYS 
BASIC.SYSTEM    SYS
COMMUNICATIONS  DIR
APPLEWRITER     DIR
SYSTEM          DIR
ICONS           DIR

]PREFIX
/GEMINI
]PREFIX COMMUNICATIONS/OUTGOING
]PREFIX
/GEMINI/COMMUNICATIONS/OUTGOING

I hope that makes some sense...

--Dave Althoff, ][.
  (If you don't have a hard drive or 3.5" drive, stick with DOS 3.3!)
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