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From: cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Crash Gordon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: config.sys comment lines
Message-ID: <2759e4b9-16c.3comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer-1@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 3 Dec 90 06:55:04 GMT
References: <2s7cT1w163w@wvus.wciu.edu> <1990Nov29.200731.12235@Octopus.COM>
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>Author: [Pete Gregory]
>Is there a way to put comment lines in config.sys?

>Author: [Steve Resnick ]
>drivers. Rather than keep to config.sys files, I just "comment" them out
>using a ": " the the start of the line. This is under DOS 3.3. Under DOS 4
>you can place REM blah blah blah statements in config.sys with no error 

I just use "REM blah blah blah" and let DOS complain.  If I ever upgrade to
some flavor of DOS that supports REMarks, I don't have to change my
CONFIG.SYS.  (Well, I'll probably have to change it for some _other_ reason.)

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Gordon S. Hlavenka            cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us
Disclaimer:                Yeah, I said it.  So what?