roddi@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (Roddi Walker) (03/21/91)
Urk! Bug discovered in Shell 4.02A Simple really - the 'stack' command does not work properply when used in the .login file. I wanted a 20K stack for my Shell window, so I put the line 'stack 20000' in my .login file - but when I typed 'stack' in my window, it told me I had a 2K stack - in fact when I set my stack to n in .login, a subsequent 'stack' in the window will report a 0.1*n stack. Also, I've got my doubts whether even this figure is currect - When I give myself a 20K stack (ie. put 'stack 200000' in .login), programs start generating 'stack overflow' requesters (better than crashing, I spose). Aaarrrggghhhhh! rod