Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site frog.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!cybvax0!frog!john From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) Newsgroups: net.sources Subject: Re: leading comments Message-ID: <281@frog.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 12:36:20 EDT Article-I.D.: frog.281 Posted: Fri Aug 23 12:36:20 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 26-Aug-85 01:26:30 EDT References: <318@luke.UUCP> <157@gargoyle.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA Lines: 19 > The unshar program (previously posted to net.sources, I think) strips > leading commentary in a very clever way; it strips text up to a line > containing the words ``cut'' and ``here'' in that order and then runs > the rest of the file through sh. Nearly clever. I inadvertently caused a great deal of confusion for some people once by including an arachnid-sacrifice of *** INSERT YOUR CUTE MESSAGE HERE *** which I was told got interpreted as being just as good as ----------------CUT----------HERE---------------- Always a wise guy... -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw%mit-ccc@MIT-XX.ARPA