env-handler v1.5
 © 2001 by Stephan Rupprecht
    All rights reserved.


COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER
 env-handler is copyrighted 2001 by Stephan Rupprecht. 
 All rights reserved. This program is freeware, so no financial
 donations required. Redistribution allowed if the package is 
 left unchanged. The author is not responsible for any damage 
 caused by the use or misuse of this documentation and/or the 
 program(s) it describes.

 All mentioned trademarks are subject to their respective owners.


REQUIREMENTS
 - Any Amiga® (compatible) computer with at least OS3.0.
 - 68020-60cpu.


DESCRIPTION
 env-handler is a RAM disk specialized for enviroment variables
 that are usually located in RAM:Env. This program does pretty
 much the same as HappyENV by Martin Gierich, so you probably
 wonder why I wrote another program of this kind. The reason
 for this is simply that HappyENV is very buggy and at least
 v1.1 doesn't even work here on my system. The advantages of
 env-handler over RAM:Env are:
 
 - low memory usage
 - faster access to env variables
 - a "delete ram:#? all" doesn't hurt ENV vars.
 - faster booting (no need to copy envarc: to env:)
 

INSTALLATION
 Simply copy 'env-handler' to your C: (or L: if you prefer
 it) drawer. Next edit your s:startup-sequence and look for
 the following lines (the lines your s:s-s might look a bit
 different):
 
 MakeDir RAM:ENV
 Assign ENV: RAM:Env
 C:Copy ENVARC:~(#?.info) ENV: ALL QUIET
 
 or when you're upgrading from HappyEnv
 
 MountEnv
 
 and replace them/it with (this line should be placed before the 
 Assigns in your s:s-s).
 
 C:env-handler ADDVOLNODE
 
 The ADDVOLNODE option is optional (that's why it is called an option:).
 If set, env-handler will add the volume "Env Disk" to your system which you
 can access via Workbench or the ASL filerequester. In case you don't
 want to see the Env volume on your wb, you can hide it via workbench
 prefs (os3.5/9). The icon for the Env: volume must be named "def_ENV.info"
 and placed in ENVARC:Sys, alternatively you can also create a "disk.info"
 in ENVARC:
 
 In additon to ADDVOLNODE, the VOLNAME option can be set to change the
 default name of the Env: disk. Eg. VOLNAME=Stephan let you change the
 diskname to Stephan :) Please note that VOLNAME only works when ADDVOLNODE
 is also specified.


HISTORY
 1.0  first public release
 1.1  the ACTION_SET_FILE_SIZE packet returned a wrong value on success,
      which made SetEnv fail. Funny, it never happend on my system. Thanks
      to all who have reported this problem. To avoid possible conflicts,
      the Env volume is named "Env Disk", now (when ADDVOLNODE is specified).
 1.2  notification should work on all systems, now. Thanks to Jan-Erik 
      Karlsson for testing.
 1.3  YAM+AppChange problem (Please insert Env: in any drive) solved. 
      AppChange tries to load "Env:def_New:0 Total:0.info" which isn't
      a valid path (because of the 2 additional colons) and therefore
      caused DOS to put the error requester. Thanks to Andreas Kürzinger
      who gave me the "AppChange" tip. Fixed RAWBInfo and DirOpus displaying
      the wrong size for a drawer. "MakeDir env:xyz/" created a nameless
      directory <Robin>. Thanks to D. Dominguez for the spanish
      documentation.
 1.4  reduced memory usage a bit. Fixed another "Please insert Env: in any
      drive" problem. added VOLNAME option. fixed Archive bit usage.
 1.5  came back to some old code because people reported that v1.4 crashs
      on their system. The reasons for this is unknown as I didn't find
      any problem in one week of testing. Currently I'm looking for some
      volunteers who know how to use Enforcer & Co. to help me to find
      the problem in 1.4. 


AUTHOR

 Please send bug reports and ideas to:

	Stephan Rupprecht
	Apfeldweg 1
	D44359 Dortmund
	Germany

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