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? It was even worse when it used to just crash on you; at least now it cleans up after itself. Anyway, I don't know if you can have lynx do it automatically (Kent?), but I wrote a small program that I use to acquire space and change the temp settings. This's probably not the best way to do it, but it works for me. Here's what I did: 1.) Create a new file (I'll call it GETSPACE.COM, but it doesn't really matter). 2.) Store in the file the following commands: $ acquire 50000 $ cd temp $ define sys$scratch temp 3.) Add the following line to your LOGIN.COM file (create the file if necessary): $ getspace :== sys$login:getspace.com That's all there is to it. Now to acquire space, type $ getspace instead of acquire, cd, etc. It's quicker, and it changes the temp setting for you. If you already have space, you'll get an error message saying to use acquire/extend but don't worry about it. Temp will still be your current directory and the temp files will still be stored there. Hope this helps. Regards, Bob -- Robert E. Williams, Jr. [log in to unmask] Macintosh Developer [log in to unmask] Enterprise Software _________________________________________________________ Recursion: If you got the point, stop, else see Recursion Infinite Recursion: See Infinite Recursion