--- MiNT/doc/mint.doc	2018/04/24 17:55:36	1.1
+++ MiNT/doc/mint.doc	2018/04/24 17:56:11	1.1.1.2
@@ -246,6 +246,14 @@ PRN=d:\foo\bar
 
 
 
+alias d: c:\path
+
+	Creates a "fake" drive (with letter d:) which actually points
+
+	to the directoy "c:\path". Access to files on d: are translated
+
+	appropriately (e.g. "d:\foo" is the same as "c:\path\foo").
+
 cd d:\foo
 
 	Change the current drive and directory. This isn't terribly
@@ -370,7 +378,7 @@ regions of memory.
 
 
 
-The most important of these pseudo drives is drive U:. This is a
+MiNT provides a fake "disk drive", drive U:, which is a
 
 "unified" file system that has all other drives as subdirectories.
 
@@ -522,21 +530,29 @@ amounts of data between processes.
 
 
 
-Other pseudo drives that are available are Q:, V:, and X:. These are just
+Note that the TOS 1.0 desktop won't recognize drives above P. Other versions
+
+of TOS will, though, so you can use the Install Drive menu selection to
 
-aliases for U:\PIPE, U:\DEV, and U:\PROC, respectively, and exist for
+install drive U: so that the desktop can recognize it. Otherwise, you
 
-backwards compatibility. Don't use them in new applications; they will
+can use the "alias" command in your mint.cnf file to set up aliases for
 
-go away soon.
+drive U:, and (if you like) for the special subdirectories of U:, e.g.
 
+	alias o: u:
 
+	alias p: u:\proc
 
-Note that the TOS 1.0 desktop won't recognize drives above P. Other versions
 
-of TOS will, though, so you can use the Install Drive menu selection to
 
-install the pseudo drives so that the desktop can recognize them.
+Some older MiNT programs may expect the aliases:
+
+	alias q: u:\pipe
+
+	alias v: u:\dev
+
+	alias x: u:\proc
 
 
 
@@ -554,7 +570,7 @@ refers to the control terminal, so that
 
 a character to the control terminal. Thus,
 
-	Fforce(-1, Fopen("U:\DEV\MODEM1", 3));
+	Fforce(-1, Fopen("U:\DEV\MODEM1", 2));
 
 	r = Bconin(2);
 
@@ -564,7 +580,7 @@ programs that use the BIOS for I/O will
 
 over the modem. Similarly, the DOS device CON: refers to the current
 
-control terminal, so Fopen("CON:", 3) is normally equivalent to Fdup(-1).
+control terminal, so Fopen("CON:", 2) is normally equivalent to Fdup(-1).
 
 To access the physical console, use device U:\DEV\CONSOLE.
 
@@ -1014,16 +1030,6 @@ data are not mixed together in a fifo.
 
 
 
-NOTE: file locking will eventually be implemented for all files, but
-
-for now only fifos support file locking.
-
-
-
-See the sample LPR and LPD utilites for a demonstration of how to use fifos.
-
-
-
 Shared memory:
 
 
@@ -1286,3 +1292,5 @@ long Pgeteuid():				[ GEMDOS 0x138 ]
 
 long Pgetegid():				[ GEMDOS 0x139 ]
 
+long Pwaitpid( word pid, word flag, long *rusage): [GEMDOS 0x13a ]
+