| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
Has anyone noticed that comment lines in AmigaDOS don't usually work?
I have let it go for some time, but now it's beginning to be a real
pain. Here is my sample sequence file:
foo =
-------------------------------------------------------------------
echo "1"
. this is supposed to be a comment line, not a command
echo "2"
------------------------------------------------------------------
1> execute foo
1
Unknown command .
1>
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 666.1 | AmigaDOS Comments | NAAD::SWARR | Learner's Permit | Sat Aug 22 1987 22:19 | 3 |
I think the AmigaDOS comment is a semi-colon ";"
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| 666.2 | ... | NULL::TORNHEIM | Sun Aug 23 1987 01:36 | 5 | |
yes. I found that when I reread the AmigaDOS manual today. However,
the manual states clearly that a line starting with a "." followed by
a space is also a comment. I suppose everyone has been using semi-
colons and never ran into the apparent bug.
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| 666.3 | Maybe try sticking a . comment on the first line? | STAR::BANKS | In Search of Mediocrity | Sun Aug 23 1987 23:36 | 4 |
I recall reading in one of the manuals once that for lines beginning
with "." to hold any magic, the very first line in the file must
start with a ".", so that EXECUTE knows to preprocess the file for
"." magic.
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