Neil,

You need to read the PTH documentation on C68 Documentation Disk 2/2

Phil Borman went to great length to document his software.

Derek

Neil Riley wrote:
> Dave, 
>
> Im using ZM/hT and specifying the path where it should find the z80 
> snapshots, hence the reference to 48k_ and 128K_ . sadly, when I 
> specify pth1_ it would appear that ZM/hT only looks at the first 
> directory of pth1_ and not the others.
>
> Not a problem, just a bit of a shame.
>
> Neil
>
>   
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 22 February 2007 15:26 >>>
>>>>         
> Neil,
>
> I think you will find it can!
>
> As I understand it the PTH device intercepts OPEN calls for files so
> finds
> them in all the given locations.  In the case of the DIR command it
> successfully opens the first item in the path, so does not look any
> further.
>
> As mentioned you need to be careful when using it with files you intend
> to
> write.    This will always succeed in the first element of the path, so
> if
> you delete a file on the path, and then try and create a new instance,
> the
> new instance will not necessarily appear in the same folder as the one
> you
> just deleted.
>
> Note that Phil's documentation should be on one of the documentation
> disks
> as the file PATH.TXT.
>
> In terms of using quotes around the filename, I get into the habit of
> doing
> this as it allows for characters that would not be valid if used
> without
> quotes. 
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Riley
> Sent: 22 February 2007 14:34
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Subject: Re: [ql-users] c68 guide for one who wants to know.
>
> I see, so even though pth1_ seems to be a list of 
> separate directories, it doesn't fully work like that, therefore
> if an application asks for where to look for it's data, you can't just
> use pth1_
> expecting the application to see all the data even if you've setup
> pth1_ to point to all the places where that data should exist. 
>
> Shame that !
>
> Neil
>
>   
>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 22 February 2007 13:37 >>>
>>>>         
> Neil Riley scripsit::
>   
>> Dave 
>>
>> in your example....
>>
>>      LRESPR win1_PTH_rext
>>      PTH_ADD "win1_C68BIN_"
>>      PTH_ADD "win1_QJUMP_"
>>      PTH_ADD "win1_SYS_"
>>      PROG_USE "PTH1_"
>>
>> Id expect DIR PTH1_ to show all objects in C68BIN , QJUMP & SYS. 
>>
>> In my example i have two directories 48k and 128k ( and they are
>> directories off win1_)
>>
>> so ( and it seems the "" aren't really necessary )
>>
>> 10   LRESPR rom1_pth_rext
>> 20   PTH_ADD "win1_48k_"
>> 30   PTH_ADD "win1_128k_"
>> 40   PROG_USE "PTH1_"
>>
>> Id expect dir pth1_ to show all objects in 48K and 128K but it only
>> shows 
>> objects in 48K !?!  swapping lines 20 and 30 shows only the objects
>>     
> in
>   
>> directory 
>> 128k !
>>
>> Argh !
>>
>> Neil
>>
>>   
>>     
> PTH is not used like that.
>
> PTH is good for your binaries' location. When it failed to find the
> binary in the first directory, it looks on the next, and so on.
> PROG_USE "PTH1_" is fine.
> DATA_USE "PTH1_" is dangerous: opening existing document is fine, but
> creating new file is a bad idea!
> Saving is also bad.
>
> PTH*_ devices are chained, so dir pth1_ show first directory, dir
> pth2_
> the next... and so on.
> pth_list might be your friend too.
>
>
>
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