Programmers, Please!

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

So trying to install the newest version of Scout (of all things), SnoopDos reported it wouldn't start because it was looking for files in the directory structure of Libs:Libs/something-or-other.  I've seen this problem before, such as in the directories MUI:, MUI:Libs, MUI:Libs/MUI, etc.  Why can't we work out something so all these directories don't have to have the same names?

Anyhow, it was late, and I was tired, so I tried to create the directory Libs:Libs and copy the files Scout was looking for there.

This in turn created Libs:Libs/Libs, and Libs:Libs/Libs/Libs, and Libs:Libs/Libs/Libs/Libs...

And so on, until my hard drive became invalidated, and I lost the entire contents of my only two-week-old Workbench3.9 partition.  Again!!!

Aaargh!  This stupid problem would have been solved if only the program went looking for it's files in the standard Libs: assign!

Well, off to reformat, again.  Would like to try something other than FFS, but my system is already too unstable as it is...

D*mn Amiga, crashes more often than my Win98 machine.  But atleast it reboots faster. :-?  :-P

Mike

[xeron]

Oldsmobile_Mike wrote:
This in turn created Libs:Libs/Libs, and Libs:Libs/Libs/Libs, and Libs:Libs/Libs/Libs/Libs...

And so on, until my hard drive became invalidated, and I lost the entire contents of my only two-week-old Workbench3.9 partition.  Again!!!

That is extraordinarily odd, and there is something very strange indeed about your system.

Aaargh!  This stupid problem would have been solved if only the program went looking for it's files in the standard Libs: assign!

Scout doesn't look for "Libs:libs/" when I run it here (OS3.9 as well).

D*mn Amiga, crashes more often than my Win98 machine.  But atleast it reboots faster. :-?  :-P

*shrug* My A4000 gets daily use, and goes months without a crash (not including the crashes that are my fault when developing software, i'm talking about in "normal" use). Again, I suspect there is something very strange with your setup..

[Roj]

This in turn created Libs:Libs/Libs, and Libs:Libs/Libs/Libs, and Libs:Libs/Libs/Libs/Libs...

This formula should clear up any confusion.


Seriously though, try looking for something like ASSIGN LIBS: LIBS:Libs anywhere in your startup sequence. It looks like you've got something like

LAB Loop
Makedir Libs:Libs
Assign Libs: Libs:Libs
Skip Loop Back

Yup, there's something strange on your system someplace.

[Framiga]

@Oldsmobile_Mike

have you installed UnixDirs3?

Ciao