Command Line Overview

The cmd line feeds into the HolyC compiler line-by-line as you type.  A stmt 
outside a function executes immediately.  Remember to add a semicolon.

Look-up the function headers with AutoComplete by hitting <CTRL-SHIFT-F1> after 
typing the first few letters.

Click Here to see the directory cmd header.  It accepts default args from C++.

>Dir("*.DD.Z");

If you don't have args, you don't need parenthesis.

>Dir;

Directories are referenced with / not \.  There is a current directory, but not 
a path.  To run a program, you typically #include it.  There are several 
shortcuts for #includeing files.  Right-click or hit <ENTER> on a directory 
listing or press <F5> while editing.

>Ed("NewFile.HC.Z");    Invokes the editor. See Doc Link Type.

Most filenames end in .Z because they are stored compressed.

Drives are specified with a letter.  The boot drive is specified with a ':'.  
The home dir drive is specified with a '~'.

>Drv('B');      B drive

The drive can be specified in a Cd() command as in:

>Cd("B:/Tmp");  B drive
>Cd("::/Demo"); Boot drive

The home directory is specified with a '~'.

>Cd("~/Psalmody");      See ::/Home dir.

Since Cd is so often followed by Dir, I made a combined Cdd command which does 
both.

If a file is not found, .Z is added or removed and a search is done, again.  If 
a file is still not found, all parent directories are searched.

You can place macros in your PersonalMenu for Cd() commands.  <CTRL-m> to access 
your menu.

>Find("needle","/Demo/*.HC.Z;*.DD.Z;"); See File Utils.

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