Short: Patch any device/unit to other name/unit Author: kessler@fim.uni-erlangen.de (Thomas Kessler) Uploader: kessler fim uni-erlangen de (Thomas Kessler) Type: util/misc Architecture: m68k-amigaos PatchDevice PatchDevice NAME PatchDevice VERSION PatchDevice 1.1 by Thomas Kessler (6.9.95) SYNOPSIS PatchDevice OLDNAME/M,NEWNAME/A,QUIET/S FUNCTION PatchDevice is a tool to patch the name of a device to another name. Some programs use hardcoded devicenames, like 'serial.device' or 'parallel.device'. Also various controller-tools for 'xxxscsi.device' or similar use hardcoded names. With PatchDevice you can change the names of these devices to names which your system needs. Remove the patch with sending a ctrl-c to the process or use the 'C:Break' command. INPUTS OLDNAME/M/A old (hardcoded) names NEWNAME/A new (your) name QUIET/S no text-output NOTE If you want to start PatchDevice in your user-startup, you will have to 'Run' it. "Run <>NIL: PatchDevice 8n1.device serial.device myser.device QUIET" ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Source Source Destination Support for unit-numbers has been dropped, because nobody seems to need it. If you want to have a unit-support, please contact me via email. AUTHOR Thomas Kessler (kessler@fim.uni-erlangen.de)