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From: rpburry@ncs.dnd.ca (Paul Burry)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc
Subject: How do you define macros in a .netrc file?
Message-ID: <1991Jan6.140100.6356@ncs.dnd.ca>
Date: 6 Jan 91 14:01:00 GMT
Sender: rpburry@ncs.dnd.ca (Paul Burry)
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I am trying to define the 'init' macro in the .netrc ftp startup file,
but I cannot seem to get it to work.  I was able to define the macro 
interactively, but I can't get it to work in the netrc file.  Can anyone
tell me how to do it?

I was trying:

machine themachine login thelogin password thepassword
macdef init
bin
prompt
cd pub
<blank line>



Thanks,
	Paul
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