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From: chris@mimsy.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: why does this script... ( : and # )
Message-ID: <7062@mimsy.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Jun-87 13:29:06 EDT
Article-I.D.: mimsy.7062
Posted: Mon Jun 15 13:29:06 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jun-87 02:20:19 EDT
References: <913@rtech.UUCP>
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
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In article <913@rtech.UUCP> daveb@rtech.UUCP (Dave Brower) writes:
>... You are asking for trouble if you put comments on the line with the ':'
>		: submit -- run cmd in background, it's output to OUT
>		nohup $* > OUT 2>&1 &

Of course, if you spell `its' correctly, this particular comment
works after all :-) .  In scripts for export, I use

	: Run this script with "sh" not "csh"

as the first line.
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