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Re: Logon




Carl Distefano wrote:

> You don't need "log.log". (Never heard of it, don't
> where it comes from -- is it in the default
> installation?)

Yep.


> If you log on as "jim", all you need is
> "jim.log".
>

Noted! Thanks.

>
> It just occurred to me that the idea behind making the
> LOGON command RUN the .LOG files like XPL programs must
> have been that these .LOG files were supposed to be
> vehicles for loading different configurations
> for different users.

Probably so!

> . . . . I never heard of the
> LOGON command actually being used that way, but it
> certainly would be a viable and convenient use for it,
> even in a non-network setting.

It sure would.


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