Short: AmigaDOS For Beginners (& Others) .guide Author: bunton@acay.com.au (Frank Bunton) Uploader: bunton@acay.com.au (Frank Bunton) Version: 3.11 Type: docs/help Replaces: docs/help/adosbegin.lha Requires: Amigaguide or Multiview (See note for WB1.x below) Distribution: * Commercial Magazines and CDs must request permission from author to include this version. * Non commercially, this freeware version can be distributed anywhere. * Aminet CDs & Fish CDs may include this version. Update Information: ------------------- No changes to actual contents from v3.1 AmigaDOS For Beginners is now copyright FREEWARE The reason for this is that it is now out of date as it does not cover the latest version of AmigaDOS (v3.5) and I have no intention of updating it at this stage or in the foreseeable future. I never thought I would reach this stage but I feel that the Amiga has well and truly "missed the boat" and is too far behind other computer technology to be realistically usable in the ever changing world of computers and the internet. Maybe one day the present owners will change all this but I cannot afford to wait and see and I am not willing to spend any more time or money on my Amiga until the unbelievable happens and a new Amiga emerges that can really compete with modern computers. So, in the meantime, use it freely for non-profit purposes and enjoy! Description: ------------ This is a set of Amigaguide documents containing (approximately):- 73 Articles 1 Glossary 50 Example AmigaDOS scripts There is about 1.12 megabyte of data so a HARD DRIVE will be required. It is aimed at the beginner in AmigaDOS but can also be used by more experienced AmigaDOS users as a reference. The articles and glossary are heavily cross referenced making it easy to jump from the article to an explanation of terminology or to another article for further information. This Aminet release (Demo Version) has a lot of the articles ENCRYPTED. Those paying the SHAREWARE fee will receive instructions for accessing the encrypted parts. NOTE for users of Workbench 1.3 and earlier. An earlier version of AmigaDOS For Beginners that uses a hypertext program that is NOT Amigaguide or Multiview is available on request for users of Workbench 1.3 and earlier. This version has NOT been updated to take into account changes in AmigaDOS from 3.0 onwards. This is on 1 disk so it can be managed without a hard drive What "AMIGADOS For Beginners" is NOT:- ------------------------------------- It is NOT a replacement for the AmigaDOS manual. While every AmigaDOS command is covered, "AmigaDOS For Beginners" is not intended to be a full and definitive description of the format or template of all these commands. If you want that sort of thing then read the AmigaDOS manual. What "AmigaDOS For Beginners" IS:- ---------------------------------- What "AmigaDOS For Beginners" DOES attempt to do is to provide the beginner with an introduction to the use of AmigaDOS by providing information and examples of the AmigaDOS commands and techniques in a way that takes the user through various instructions and functions and their main options without getting too tied up in their format or template. In my experience, most beginners cannot quickly understand the formats or templates given in texts about AmigaDOS. By following through these notes, it is hoped that the beginner can become familiar with the main options of most instructions and functions without needing to worry about formats and templates. So... whereas I may not always give you the FULL story about an AmigaDOS command all in the one article I WILL attempt to cover it all by the time you have read through to the last article. However, if you want the full story all at once, all you need to do is double click on the highlighted references to follow through to later articles and read the whole story. Frank Bunton bunton@acay.com.au http://www.acay.com.au/~bunton ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 1627 359 77.9% 24-Jun-00 14:39:10 +adosbegin.readme.info 2148 253 88.2% 24-Jun-00 14:39:10 +INDEX.info 1627 360 77.8% 24-Jun-00 14:39:10 +Installation_Notes.info 628 271 56.8% 24-Jun-00 14:39:08 +PARTS_31-40.info 39179 12775 67.3% 05-Feb-98 13:51:28 +71.STARTUP-SEQUENCE_FILES 471 257 45.4% 04-Sep-94 12:11:28 +Example-73.2 1768 857 51.5% 26-Jun-97 13:20:12 +Path_Setting 1627 360 77.8% 24-Jun-00 14:39:08 +Path_Setting.info 3269 1533 53.1% 03-Feb-98 14:59:16 +72.SHELL-STARTUP_FILES 8874 3098 65.0% 03-Feb-98 14:59:30 +73.PCD_SCRIPT 12209 4417 63.8% 05-Feb-98 14:02:42 +75.DPAT_SCRIPT 14553 5574 61.6% 05-Feb-98 16:20:38 +76.MOVE_SCRIPT 372 224 39.7% 04-Sep-94 12:06:08 +Example-73.1 463 299 35.4% 04-Sep-94 14:36:34 +Example-74.1 1505 650 56.8% 04-Sep-94 14:43:26 +Example-76.1 28 28 0.0% 02-Jun-97 16:00:04 +66.Pattern_Test 45 45 0.0% 01-Jan-80 00:00:00 +66.Title_Test 385 236 38.7% 23-Jun-97 16:04:02 +Example-66.4 277 194 29.9% 03-Jun-97 09:19:14 +Example-66.5 111 101 9.0% 05-Jun-97 11:00:10 +Example-67.1 803 265 66.9% 05-Jun-97 11:37:12 +Example-67.1.script 9882 3845 61.0% 05-Feb-98 14:04:24 +74.SPAT_SCRIPT 5688 2038 64.1% 03-Feb-98 14:57:12 +61.FILENOTE 11000 3860 64.9% 05-Feb-98 13:55:58 +65.MISC_STARTUP_COMMANDS 28570 8196 71.3% 05-Feb-98 13:37:10 +66.REQUESTER_COMMANDS 24238 7319 69.8% 03-Feb-98 14:58:46 +67.MISC_COMMANDS_OTHER 296 156 47.2% 29-May-97 11:15:50 +Example-66.1 471 246 47.7% 29-May-97 11:27:16 +Example-66.2 469 241 48.6% 29-May-97 12:00:32 +Example-66.3 1788 927 48.1% 03-Feb-98 14:53:36 +51.BINDDRIVERS 6305 2381 62.2% 05-Feb-98 12:46:46 +52.SETPATCH 8113 2780 65.7% 03-Feb-98 14:54:12 +53.LOADWB 3814 1600 58.0% 03-Feb-98 14:55:42 +55.INFO_COMMAND 4792 1936 59.5% 03-Feb-98 14:57:28 +62.CHANGETASKPRI 16191 4971 69.2% 03-Feb-98 14:57:48 +63.FORMAT_&_TEMPLATE 8615 3103 63.9% 03-Feb-98 14:58:00 +64.BOOTABLE_DISKS 27125 8561 68.4% 24-Jun-00 12:20:22 +54.VERSION 22932 7050 69.2% 03-Feb-98 14:55:56 +56.SEARCH 5673 2038 64.0% 03-Feb-98 14:56:12 +57.DISKCOPY 3772 1666 55.8% 03-Feb-98 14:56:26 +58.DISKDOCTOR 4765 1907 59.9% 03-Feb-98 14:56:40 +59.LOCK 3408 1458 57.2% 03-Feb-98 14:56:56 +60.STACK 279 205 26.5% 14-Sep-94 00:14:08 +Example-56.2 329 215 34.6% 14-Sep-94 00:14:20 +Example-56.3 21134 7400 64.9% 05-Feb-98 11:08:08 +41.EVAL 6821 2357 65.4% 03-Feb-98 14:50:22 +42.STATUS 9236 3100 66.4% 03-Feb-98 14:51:06 +45.PROMPT 291 200 31.2% 13-Sep-94 23:50:32 +Example-41.1 691 331 52.0% 14-Jun-97 10:59:28 +Example-41.2 264 191 27.6% 20-Jun-97 15:34:20 +Example-41.3 752 223 70.3% 14-Jun-97 12:03:24 +Example-43.2 274 201 26.6% 14-Sep-94 00:13:56 +Example-56.1 10245 3774 63.1% 03-Feb-98 14:50:44 +43.BREAK 14850 5029 66.1% 03-Feb-98 15:12:30 +44.CLOCK_COMMANDS 7700 2511 67.3% 05-Feb-98 12:23:36 +46.DELETE 14671 5035 65.6% 05-Feb-98 12:29:14 +47.JOIN 4532 1865 58.8% 03-Feb-98 14:52:52 +49.AVAIL 8866 3313 62.6% 03-Feb-98 14:53:12 +50.ADDBUFFERS 77 75 2.5% 13-Sep-94 23:50:44 +Example-43.1 1109 472 57.4% 13-Sep-94 23:51:02 +Example-47.1 4838 2089 56.8% 05-Feb-98 10:21:22 +31.WAIT 11016 3972 63.9% 05-Feb-98 10:25:32 +32.WINDOW_SPECS 12164 4850 60.1% 05-Feb-98 10:36:38 +35.ALIAS_OR_SCRIPT 466 235 49.5% 22-Sep-94 09:27:06 +Example-33.1.info 115 108 6.0% 11-Sep-94 10:14:44 +Example-33.1a 466 239 48.7% 22-Sep-94 09:27:10 +Example-33.3.info 17333 6317 63.5% 05-Feb-98 12:40:08 +48.MOUNT 10917 4143 62.0% 05-Feb-98 10:29:20 +33.ICONX 16805 5717 65.9% 04-Feb-98 12:30:00 +34.ALIAS 27930 9220 66.9% 05-Feb-98 11:03:38 +40.ENV-VARIABLES 406 262 35.4% 11-Sep-94 10:14:38 +Example-31.1 520 289 44.4% 22-Sep-94 09:27:10 +Example-33.1a.info 82 71 13.4% 13-Sep-94 23:43:38 +Example-40.3 80 69 13.7% 13-Sep-94 23:43:52 +Example-40.4 114 107 6.1% 11-Sep-94 10:14:42 +Example-33.1 54 54 0.0% 08-Apr-96 12:28:06 +Example-33.2 466 236 49.3% 22-Sep-94 09:27:10 +Example-33.2.info 74 73 1.3% 11-Sep-94 10:14:56 +Example-33.3 217 152 29.9% 12-Sep-94 13:20:40 +Example-33.4 121 100 17.3% 13-Sep-94 23:43:10 +Example-40.1 328 216 34.1% 11-Jun-97 20:27:06 +Example-40.2 4596 1732 62.3% 06-Feb-98 10:23:38 +36.WHICH 2461 1156 53.0% 03-Feb-98 15:07:48 +37.WHY 2269 1117 50.7% 03-Feb-98 15:08:00 +38.FAULT 20826 7053 66.1% 03-Feb-98 14:49:28 +39.EXECUTE_&_DOT 188 141 25.0% 13-Sep-94 23:42:12 +Example-39.6 81 81 0.0% 13-Sep-94 23:42:26 +Example-39.7 79 79 0.0% 13-Sep-94 23:42:42 +Example-39.8 89 89 0.0% 13-Sep-94 23:42:56 +Example-39.9 123 101 17.8% 11-Sep-94 10:14:40 +Example-32.1 399 252 36.8% 11-Sep-94 10:14:42 +Example-32.2 85 81 4.7% 13-Sep-94 23:39:56 +Example-39.1 97 95 2.0% 13-Sep-94 23:41:08 +Example-39.2 87 78 10.3% 13-Sep-94 23:41:26 +Example-39.3 126 106 15.8% 13-Sep-94 23:41:42 +Example-39.4 141 117 17.0% 13-Sep-94 23:41:58 +Example-39.5 23375 7514 67.8% 04-Feb-98 14:43:58 +21.ECHO 10351 3234 68.7% 04-Feb-98 13:28:24 +23.PROTECT 11223 4241 62.2% 03-Feb-98 14:45:46 +25.SCRIPT_FILES 247 166 32.7% 11-Sep-94 10:15:52 +Example-25.1 361 128 64.5% 19-Jun-97 21:06:44 +Example-26.3 221 146 33.9% 11-Sep-94 10:15:58 +Example-27.1 383 231 39.6% 11-Sep-94 10:16:00 +Example-28.1 347 219 36.8% 20-Jun-97 09:22:08 +Example-29.1 16238 4236 73.9% 05-Feb-98 13:40:36 +22.PATTERN_MATCHING 25609 8641 66.2% 04-Feb-98 15:36:56 +24.RESIDENT 144 108 25.0% 11-Sep-94 10:15:54 +Example-26.1 149 110 26.1% 11-Sep-94 10:15:56 +Example-26.2 138 127 7.9% 12-Sep-94 11:45:56 +Example-30.1 142 105 26.0% 12-Sep-94 11:49:46 +Example-30.2 139 104 25.1% 12-Sep-94 11:49:46 +Example-30.3 14969 5005 66.5% 04-Feb-98 13:38:30 +13.LIST 15715 5124 67.3% 04-Feb-98 14:09:44 +18.PATH 12592 4868 61.3% 03-Feb-98 14:43:18 +19.DEVICES 8914 3259 63.4% 04-Feb-98 15:44:10 +26.IF_ELSE_ENDIF 4172 1975 52.6% 06-Feb-98 09:25:24 +27.ASK 3464 1495 56.8% 03-Feb-98 14:46:24 +28.SKIP_&_LAB 6382 2591 59.4% 04-Feb-98 15:42:42 +29.FAILAT_&_RETURN_CODE 5001 2184 56.3% 03-Feb-98 14:46:48 +30.QUIT 12568 4818 61.6% 03-Feb-98 14:39:26 +03.DIRS_FILES_PATHS 9405 3114 66.8% 04-Feb-98 15:14:18 +11.RENAME 8601 3267 62.0% 04-Feb-98 12:39:48 +12.TYPE 7549 2831 62.4% 04-Feb-98 13:43:12 +14.SORT 11678 4076 65.0% 03-Feb-98 14:42:24 +15.COPY 9720 3557 63.4% 04-Feb-98 13:52:32 +16.FORMAT 9491 3406 64.1% 03-Feb-98 14:42:56 +17.INSTALL 30082 9186 69.4% 03-Apr-98 20:20:14 +20.ASSIGN 4879 2040 58.1% 03-Feb-98 14:39:12 +02.AMIGADOS_&_CLI 33526 11349 66.1% 04-Feb-98 12:33:16 +04.USING_SHELL-CLI 14086 5394 61.7% 03-Feb-98 14:40:06 +05.COMMANDS 5711 2251 60.5% 03-Feb-98 14:40:22 +06.NEWCLI-ENDCLI 4257 1805 57.5% 03-Feb-98 16:38:38 +07.CD 7903 2700 65.8% 06-Feb-98 09:18:42 +08.DIR 4803 1990 58.5% 05-Feb-98 11:14:36 +09.RUN 3057 1326 56.6% 03-Feb-98 14:41:12 +10.MAKEDIR 4091 1845 54.9% 24-Jun-00 11:12:16 +adosbegin.readme 683 418 38.7% 03-Feb-98 15:11:54 +INDEX 621 356 42.6% 24-Jun-00 10:52:30 +Installation_Notes 70888 23490 66.8% 05-Feb-98 16:46:32 +Glossary 3569 1372 61.5% 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