Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!ucdavis!infopro!david From: david@infopro.UUCP (David Fiedler) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Please -- no back-quotes in maps Message-ID: <28@infopro.UUCP> Date: 23 Jan 88 07:59:25 GMT References: <3720006@nucsrl.UUCP> <39622@sun.uucp> Organization: Where the hell is Rescue, California? Lines: 17 Summary: not only that... In article <39622@sun.uucp>, david@sun.uucp (David DiGiacomo) writes: > In article <3720006@nucsrl.UUCP> gore@nucsrl.UUCP (Jacob Gore) writes: >>A recent posting of u.usa.co.1, in shar form, failed when run through /bin/sh, >>becuase there were some back-quotes (`) in the comments. Please avoid those. > > No, it failed because of an unquoted here document terminator. Please > avoid them. We just got a bunch without the "#!/bin/sh" line up front, which REALLY messed things up! This isn't a complaint to the people who do the maps (they all deserve our undying gratitude), but a warning to those who might think the maps are coming in just fine... -- David Fiedler {ames,attmail,hplabs,ihnp4,pyramid,ucdavis}!infopro!david USMail: InfoPro Systems, PO Box 220, Rescue CA 95672 Phone: (916) 677-5870 "Trust me. I know what I'm doing."