Can't change directory with shell(cd)

J. Landman Gay jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Thu May 1 23:08:59 EDT 2008


Michael D Mays wrote:
> It was the two separate shell calls. I had enclosed file name in quotes. 
> I neglected to type them into my email (my variable names in my script 
> were too silly to cut and paste).

That reminds me of an error that was built into the HyperCard engine, 
which reported "Script too silly to execute" (or something like that.) I 
believe I even saw it once.

<snip>

> Do you have cr defined as return?

The engine does. I've taken to using it exclusively for "carriage 
return" because not only is it shorter to type, it helps differentiate 
it from the "return" command.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
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