Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!bionet!arisia!roo!masinter From: masinter@parc.xerox.com (Larry Masinter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard Subject: Re: Creating a stack via Hypertalk? Message-ID: Date: 22 Mar 90 07:36:32 GMT References: <53654@microsoft.UUCP> <10889@hoptoad.uucp> Sender: news@parc.xerox.com Organization: Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 17 In-reply-to: tim@hoptoad.uucp's message of 21 Mar 90 22:58:30 GMT The copyfile xcmd found in the developer stack seems to work just fine on the current stack. For example, I use the following "backup" script to copy the stack I'm working on to a backup Tops directory: get the long name of this stack delete word 1 of it delete char 1 of it delete last char of it get copyfile(it,"backup:"&the short name of this stack) if it is not 0 then put "backup failed" -- Larry Masinter (masinter@parc.xerox.com) Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) 3333 Coyote Hill Road; Palo Alto, CA USA 94304