Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!natinst!rpp386!woody From: woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: Compiled PostScript Summary: filesystem Message-ID: <17529@rpp386.cactus.org> Date: 1 Jan 90 16:10:01 GMT References: <28@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> <17524@rpp386.cactus.org> Distribution: comp Organization: River Parishes Programming, Plano, TX Lines: 18 In article <17524@rpp386.cactus.org>, woody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) writes: > > An interesting problem was just described to me. It seems that the > filenaameforall operator has a minor bug in it. As it enumerates the files > on the disk (if you have a NTX), it leaves a copy of the file name on > the stack. 512 files later, kablooie. The solution of course is to > redifine it so that it does a pop after each call to get the filename. > The problem apparently does not show up unless you have over 512 files > of the disk. > I have not tested this filenameforall problem out, as I don't have a printer with a hd on it. Seems that the mac utilities take advantage of it. It may be a part of the description for all I know, as I don't have a manual dealing with the filestuff, but Don reports it as a bug. At the least, it is an annoyance. T Cheers Woody