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ppill · 23 January 2008, 22:04

Well most commands end up in the C: assign which in most cases mean a drawer called c on the boot partition (SYS:). It's a similar case to the PATH variable in Linux. AmigaOS also looks for commands in places stored in PATH (just issue 'path' in shell to see what they are -- you can also add your own). If I remember correctly the order is as follows when the OS is looking for commands:

resident list (commands stored in kickstart or added via the 'resident' command)
current directory
drawers stored in PATH

EDIT:
I should have written $PATH since it's a variable

23 January 2008, 22:04	#4
ppill CON: artist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poland Age: 43 Posts: 1,250	Well most commands end up in the C: assign which in most cases mean a drawer called c on the boot partition (SYS:). It's a similar case to the PATH variable in Linux. AmigaOS also looks for commands in places stored in PATH (just issue 'path' in shell to see what they are -- you can also add your own). If I remember correctly the order is as follows when the OS is looking for commands: resident list (commands stored in kickstart or added via the 'resident' command) current directory drawers stored in PATH EDIT: I should have written $PATH since it's a variable