[comp.sys.amiga] more 1.4 command wishlist

FVEST@DUCVAX.AUBURN.EDU (Floyd Vest) (08/13/89)

>Simple example: It'd be nice if stack's output was "stack <bytes>"
>instead of "Current stack size is <bytes>" - 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
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