Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU!FVEST From: FVEST@DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU (Floyd Vest) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: more 1.4 command wishlist Message-ID: <8908130026.AA19568@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 13 Aug 89 01:35:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Lines: 27 >Simple example: It'd be nice if stack's output was "stack" >instead of "Current stack size is " - or that you could make it >do that. Why? How about a script like: >stack >ram:resetstack >stack 50000 >; run some thing that needs 50K of stack >execute ram:resetstack Maybe people are getting tired of the same old answer, but "have you looked at ARP 1.3?" Try this: oldstack=$(echo "$(stack)" first 13) stack 50000 ; run some thing that needs 50K of stack stack $oldstack Floyd Vest Auburn University FVEST@AUDUCVAX.bitnet {...!psuvax1!ducvax.auburn.edu!fvest} fvest@ducvax.auburn.edu