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Article #997Re: "Modern" sh (was Math routines)
From: Guy Harris
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 1990 18:46
Date: Mon, 03 Sep 1990 18:46
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>It depends on when the last time you installed the system. If it was >1979 or such, then your shell probably doesn't understand # comments >(I don't remember whether it was in the v7 shell, or not). "#" comments weren't in the V7 shell. They are the 4.2BSD shell, and later BSD shells, and I think they were in the 4.1BSD shell as well; Berkeley added "#" comments to their otherwise V7-based shell.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!auspex!guy From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: "Modern" sh (was Math routines) Message-ID: <4011@auspex.auspex.com> Date: 3 Sep 90 18:46:13 GMT References: <SCOTT.90Sep2141426@tab00.larc.nasa.gov> <BGLENDEN.90Sep2172441@mandrill.cv.nrao.edu> <MEISSNER.90Sep2194613@osf.osf.org> Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara Lines: 7