Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!stanford.edu!eos!aio!vf.jsc.nasa.gov!aden From: aden@vf.jsc.nasa.gov Subject: Re: ! Message-ID: <1991Jun11.231219.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov> Lines: 20 Sender: news@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (USENET News System) Organization: NASA Johnson Space Flight Center References: <1316@cbmger.UUCP> Date: 11 Jun 91 23:12:19 -0600 In article <1316@cbmger.UUCP>, peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) writes: > In article Jon_Wolf@amicol.UUCP (Jon Wolf) writes: >>When sending mail from a Unix box, you have to quote the ! character. >>so, calgary!ajfcal!phd!phil >>would end up being typed as calgary\!ajfcal\!phd\!phil. > > No, not with every UNIX. It is dependant on the shell you use on this > UNIX. As far as I remember it was only one shell which needed this > backslash stupidity, but don't ask me for the name, don't remember it. C-shell needs it, Bourne doesn't. I don't know about Korn... And of course, as with most everything, there is a need for the "\". I'd say "stupidity" is a bit harsh. Why was this posted here? (Not a flame, just a question) -- S. Spenser Aden -- Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co. -- (713) 483-2028 NASA -- Johnson Space Center, Houston -- Flight Data and Evaluation Office aden@vf.jsc.nasa.gov -- Comments are mine alone, not those of LESC or NASA.