Re: Apple GS Clock

[lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (John Lesher)]

David Empson (dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
: In article <31BD8B88.41C67EA6@sci.kun.nl>,
: Doede Boomsma  <dboomsma@sci.kun.nl> wrote:
: > Mike Gay wrote:
: > 
: > > While I'm here, my system has a hard disk.  How do I change
: > > directories from the command line in PRODOS?
: > 
: > To enter a directory, type: PREFIX DIRNAME
: > To go one dir up: dunno... well, you CAN type the whole prefix, but
: > I don't know a command for up_one_dir (I think there is one, but I
: > don't use prodos that often)

: There is no command in BASIC.SYSTEM which goes back one directory
: level.  You have to enter the whole pathname again starting with the
: root directory.

There is a patch to Basic.System written by Sandy Mossberg, called
STRIP, which does this task.  The program was published in one issue
of Nibble magazine.
	If NE1 knows if the copyrights on Nibble have gone PD...

Tilghman