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From: rjn@hpfcla.UUCP (rjn)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
Message-ID: <35900002@hpfcmp.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 21-Jul-85 03:55:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 21 03:55:00 1985
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Fort Collins, CO
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Nf-From: hpfcmp!rjn    Jul 20 23:55:00 1985

re: comments (#) in interactive mode....

* If your console is a printing  terminal, having a quick way to type comment
  lines makes it easy for operators to annotate what they have done.

  # the reason I just did 'rm -r /*' is because.....  

* Just a few  days  ago I had to type in a few  commands  on  someone  else's
  terminal.  After the first, the message  "you have new mail" popped up.  My
  next  command  (notes)  erased that  message,  so after my last  command, I
  typed...

  # you have new mail

  ...and walked away.

Sure, you can put the terminal in LOCAL, use 'echo', or doubtless  many other
methods to put comments on screen/paper, but "#" is the simplest I know of.

Regards,                                               Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland                                             3404 East Harmony Road
hplabs!hpfcla!rjn                                      Fort Collins CO  80525