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From: shankar@hpclscu.HP.COM (Shankar Unni)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: ksh question
Message-ID: <1340110@hpclscu.HP.COM>
Date: 21 Mar 90 21:34:24 GMT
References: <1586@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Calif. Language Lab
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> 	set -o ignoreeof markdirs
> to
> 	set -o ignoreeof
> 	set -o markdirs
> 

Yes. The syntax for "set" builtin in ksh require one "-o" for *each* option
that you are setting, as in:

   set -o ignoreeof -o markdirs

Otherwise, what your example did is the same as

   set -o ignoreeof
   set markdirs

The second command has the effect of setting $* to the value "markdirs".
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