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Apprentice Joined: 26 Sep 2001 Posts: 124

Just wondering if there is any way of programmatically changing the directory of a path?

I know that paths are basically aliases in a different flavour so maby the [classname] attribute in then #alias parameter can be used somehow?

Thanks for any suggestions.

ADDED: Also while we're on the subject of paths, is there any way to turn off path recording after it's been turned on?

I find that using #mark only clears the 'path ahead:' and 'path behind' variables, but does not actually turn the path recording off.

So far, the only way ive been able to turn path recording off is by re-starting zmud.

Thanks again.

ADDED MORE:
Another question relating to paths.. is there any way of deleting them?
#unalias doesnt seem to work

At the moment im forced to use #rename <path> path_deleted
(actually im _trying_ to use this method, but i cant get it to work if <path> is a variable)

Much oblidged.

MASTER Joined: 28 Nov 2000 Posts: 4817 Location: USA

The last question is the only one I have an answer for.
You can delete paths from the Settings Editor. Just click the Paths button, select the path you want to get rid of, and click the Delete button.

Apprentice Joined: 26 Sep 2001 Posts: 124

Thanks LightBulb but i was looking for a way of deleting them through an alias or a command.

GURU Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 4379 Location: USA

1. You can create a path in a different class using the / syntax. Example:
#PATH test/newPath

2. It appears that there is no way to turn it off.

3. There appaears to be no zMUD command to do this. However, you could use COM for this:
#VAR path {%session.GetPath("thePath", "classname")}
#CALL @path.DeleteObject
#VAR path ""

However, this appears to be broken in 6.66 (I don't know since what version), but it should be fixed in the next public version.

Apprentice Joined: 26 Sep 2001 Posts: 124

What about renaming a path using a variable for the path name?
"#rename .MyPath MyPath_Deleted" seems to work fine from the command line, but if i use a variable to represent MyPath, it doesnt work.

Ive tryed various different methods, these are as follows:

temp=.MyPath
#rename @temp MyPath_Deleted
#rename {@temp} MyPath_Deleted
#rename <@temp> MyPath_Deleted

temp=Mypath
#rename .@temp MyPath_Deleted
#rename .{@temp} MyPath_Deleted
#rename .@{temp} Mypath_Deleted
#rename .<@temp> Mypath_Deleted

None of the above methods seem to work. Im really at a loss.
(Is there a function version of rename? If there is perhaps i can use that to get around this problem)

GURU Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 4379 Location: USA

#EXEC {%concat("#RENAME ", @temp, " MyPath_Deleted")}