I say make it default to it automatically. I know when I first found
acquire, I wanted to know why when I'd run a program, it still didn't
seem as if the new space was there. It'll make helping others in the lab
much easier (just tell them acquire and don't mess w/ the other parts...)
 
Thanks :)
--micah
 
Kent Covert ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: In article <1995May9.092112.45169@miavx1>, [log in to unmask]
(Micah James Cooper) writes:
: > Ahh! Cool, thanks (I had acquired 50000 and was working in the temp dir,
: > but I forgot about the temp files). Is there a way to script it so when
: > starting lynx it checks for the existance of a temp dir and if so, sets
: > the scratch dir to it?
 
: This seems like the wrong approach.  Setting this up on an application by
: application basis could get tedious.
 
: How about this.  What if we add a qualifier to the ACQUIRE command that
: will set this up automatically.  For example,
 
:     $ ACQUIRE/SCRATCH 50000
 
: or...what if it just set up this definition by default?
 
: Any comments?
 
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