Asn(V1.0)                ARPTOOLS Manual                Asn(V1.0)



     NAME
          Asn - Perform logical device and environment var assigns
                from a list file.

     SYNOPSIS
          Asn FILE
          
     DESCRIPTION
          Asn performs the assignments usually performed by the ASSIGN
          SET and SETENV commands using a user-supplied list file.
          If no FILE argument is specified, then the default file
          DEVS:AssignList is used.
          Asn allow the use of C-style comments like those of a
          MountList file.
          For logical devices the required syntax is similar to the
          ASSIGN command: the logical device name (with a ':') must be
          followed by the directory name it should be assigned to.
          For variable names a prefix must be attached to the variable
          name then the variable contents must follow.
          A prefix is required to distinguish beetween Workbench 1.3
          ENV: variables and ARP/Manx/Rockicki environment variables.
          For ENV: variables use a 'E_' prefix, for Manx variables use
          'M_' prefix (both without quotes).
          Blanks, TABs, newlines and comments can be used to separate
          names in the file.
          Asn is useful for the startup file of hard disk users with
          a great number of assigns to perform.

     EXAMPLE
          An assign list example file:

            /* Assign List */
            
            /* 1.3 Standard assigns */
            
            CLIPS: RAM:Clipboards
            
            ENV: RAM:Env
            
            T: RAM:t
            
            /* environment vars */
            
            M_dateformat 3
            E_editor sys:tools/e
            
            /* end of file */
               
     BUGS	
          None known.
     
     SEE ALSO
          Assign,Set,ASH manual,SetEnv(WB 1.3)                     


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