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- NAME
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- Why
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- PURPOSE
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- To print an error message that explains why the previous command
- failed.
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- SPECIFICATION
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- Usually when a command fails the screen displays a brief message.
- This message typically includes the name of the file if that was
- the problem but does not go into detail.
- If the reason is not immediately obvious, enter WHY to more complete
- explanation.
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- EXAMPLE
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- 1> COPY DF0:
- Bad arguments
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- 1> WHY
- Last command failed because required argument missing
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- The WHY message points to the error: a destination for COPY was
- not given.
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- BUGS
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- NONE.
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- AUTHOR
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- Commodore Business Machines. This program is provided with your Amiga
- Workbench disks. It is an internal command and resides in the ROM.
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- COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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- This man page was written by:
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- Markus Hillenbrand
- Weserstrasse 9
- 36124 Eichenzell-Loeschenrod
- Germany
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- E-mail: m_hillen@informatik.uni-kl.de
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- SEE ALSO
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- Fault (AmigaDOS)
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