Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/17/01:38:31
On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, Weiqi Gao wrote:
> Ian Day wrote:
> >Colin W. Glenn wrote
> >>many fine well written programs allow the use of @include files.
> >What have #include files got to do with command line length?
>
> They are called "response files" and are used to get around the command
> line length limitations. If file A has content "-R", then the command line
> "rm @A" is equivalent to "rm -R".
It's so wonderfull that I have such knowledgeable people to post to, I
always thought you called them 'include' files. Now I know what they're
supposed to be called!
(believe it or not, this is from working with computers for twenty years!)
<! PrePared HTML! Just export as a HTML file and Click!>
A Christian Web Site! The Light
<a href="http://www.thelight.org/">.</a><br>
A neat place to visit. HotSpot
<a href="http://www.hspro.com/hotspot/">.</a><br>
Caldera, Inc. / Makers of OpenDOS
<a href="http://www.caldera.com/">.</a><br>
Caldera's OpenDOS page
<a href="http://www.caldera.com/dos/dos.htm">.</a><br>
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