How do I clone an embedded stack?

[Richard Gaskin]

Bill Vlahos wrote:

> I know how to clone a stack that exists on disk:
>       clone stack ("path to file on disk")
> 
> I want to embed the stack in a custom property of the main stack and clone it from there. Lets say the stack name is "template.rev" and I add it to the uTemplate of this stack.
> 
> What would be the clone command syntax for this?

Every cloned stack exists only in memory.  To assign it to a file use
the filename property, then issue it a save command:

clone stack "MyTMPL"
set the filename of it to "/SomeFolder/MyStack.rev"
save it

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