Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-vgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!brl-vgr!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-vgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.cog-eng Subject: Re: + - and = in option strings Message-ID: <2736@brl-vgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 20-Mar-84 02:27:39 EST Article-I.D.: brl-vgr.2736 Posted: Tue Mar 20 02:27:39 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Mar-84 01:01:11 EST References: <136@looking.UUCP>, <6940@unc.UUCP> Organization: Ballistics Research Lab Lines: 6 In the Bourne shell at least, cc -# stuff... not only works but is useful when I'm working on new versions of "cc". This use of # does not indicate a comment (see sh(1)).