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From: stone@grumpy.cs.unm.edu (Andrew Stone)
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Subject: Re: How do I get the pathname?
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Date: 21 Aug 89 19:08:48 GMT
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In article <716@pmafire.UUCP> geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) writes:
>
>OK, I give up!  Can someone answer my question?
>How do I get the pathname to stack x (or the current stack) from within
>a script.

Try this one-liner anywhere, include the function trim somewhere handy:

 put trim(the long name of this stack) into source  --get full pathname

function trim name
  delete char 1 to (the length of ("stack" && quote)) of name
  delete last char of name
  return name
end trim

This is useful for copying a stack where you need the whole pathname, but
not the word "stack" or the quotes surrounding what you get back from the
long name function.

andrew

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