Re: TIB: bug 92
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Re: TIB: bug 92
try it.
>It's not so much that it "won't " run the program, but it is later in the
>order of operations. In DOS I think it goes Command.com; *.com; *.exe;
>*.bat; *.pif {pif? maybe in '95, never tried it.
>On Fri, 3 Apr 1998 22:23:54 -0700 gussie@alaska.net (Grant Stockly)
>writes:
>>
>>On a PC if you have a command a program name it just ignores it...
>>
>>C:\copy con dir.bat
>>dir
>>dir
>>dir
>>ECHO Hello
>>^Z
>>
>>typing:
>>dir
>>
>>gives you a directory, and typing dir.bat gives you:
>>
>>*.bat
>>
>>a list with files that end with .bat...
>>
>>Get MacDOS and try it...I think you can copycon things...
>>
>>>> > If you type "item" as the name it will do the same. I have ver
>>1.3
>>>> >
>>>> > <<
>>>> > > Ti-92 bug: Try creating a new program. Type "title" as the
>>name. Hit
>>>> > > enter, it thinks the progname is a command.
>>>
>>>Yeah, of course it'll do that!
>>>
>>>Every calc that uses a file name for variable will NOT allow you use
>>commands
>>>or functions as the name of any variable. This is because the calc
>>can't
>>>differentiate a command or a file name if they are identical. To keep
>>the calc
>>>from locking up, TI made a routine that essentialy traps you by
>>givving an
>>>error message, so the mistake is not made. If you could, your calc
>>would lock
>>>if you typed the command!!!
>>>
>>>Try it on any calc! Believe me! The same ought to be true with any
>>programing
>>>language such as C or BASIC or Pascal or anything Variable names
>>can't be the
>>>same as a command name! A Mac, and a few other computers will allow a
>>file
>>>name to be identical to command names because they don't have a built
>>in text
>>>based commands, however I doubt you can name a file identicaly to a
>>system
>>>file on a PC.
>>>
>>>It's just a limitation of most programable devices.
>>>
>>>It's actualy not a bug! It is to actualy protect you from a REAL
>>crash, by
>>>warning you you can't do that.
>>>
>>>Richard Piotter
>>>richfile@prairie.lakes.com
>>>
>>>The Richfiles TI Hardware and BASIC web page:
>>>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/5081/Richfiles.html
>>
>>
>>
>
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