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From: jbw@bigbird.bu.edu (Joe Wells)
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Subject: Re: "Invalid null command"
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Date: 7 Apr 91 00:32:35 GMT
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In-reply-to: rbj@uunet.UU.NET's message of 5 Apr 91 21:10:12 GMT

In article <127627@uunet.UU.NET> rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) writes:

   RTFM! An excerpt:

     Built-In Commands
	Built-in commands are executed within the  C  shell.   If  a
	built-in  command  occurs  as  any  component  of a pipeline
	except the last, it is executed in a subshell.

	:         Null command.  This command  is  interpreted,  but
		  performs no action.

	alias [ name [ def ] ]

Not in the man page in Umax 4.3 which is directly derived from 4.3 BSD.

RTFM indeed!

-- 
Joe Wells <jbw@cs.bu.edu>