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From: zweig@p.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: syntax of remote pathnames?
Message-ID: <93400016@p.cs.uiuc.edu>
Date: 30 Mar 89 16:51:00 GMT
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/* Written 11:18 pm  Mar 28, 1989 by rpw3@amdcad.AMD.COM in p.cs.uiuc.edu:comp.protocols.tcp-ip */

And a certain computer company whose terminals emitted the triplet <^A>x<CR>
(for various "x") taught its "office automation" users (sec'ys, etc.) to
make "friendly" shell scripts whose names were some function key, so users
could "customize" their terminals with single buttons that, for example,
read mail. To wit:

	% vi <F3>	# note no need to type RETURN after hitting <F3>
	...edit the Function-Key-3 script...
	% chmod a+x <F3>
	% <F3>
	...and the script named "<^A>c<CR>" runs...
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


Uh-uh. The script named "<^A>c" runs, since the <CR> tells the shell
about the end of the input line.