Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site umn-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!atchison From: atchison@umn-cs.UUCP (Lee Atchison) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: 2.8BSD Bourne shell: no comments? Message-ID: <754@umn-cs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 11:57:29 EDT Article-I.D.: umn-cs.754 Posted: Mon Jun 24 11:57:29 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 03:56:47 EDT References: <1228@uwmacc.UUCP> Reply-To: atchison@umn-cs.UUCP (Lee Atchison) Distribution: net Organization: Computer Science Dept., U of Minn, Mpls, MN Lines: 16 Summary: Some versions of the Bourne shell don't allow the '#' character as a comment. The version included with 2.8 and 2.9 don't. There have been fixes posted to net.bugs.2bsd about this, but I don't know what the fix is off hand. However, you can use the ':' character as a comment in these versions of the Bourne shell. -lee -- Lee Atchison CSci Dept. 126 Lind Hall Univ. of Minn. Minneapolis, MN 55455 ...!ihnp4!umn-cs!atchison