Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 15:34:59 -0400 Message-Id: <200205241934.g4OJYx307264@envy.delorie.com> X-Authentication-Warning: envy.delorie.com: dj set sender to dj AT delorie DOT com using -f From: DJ Delorie To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com In-reply-to: <3CEE7DCE.BD8CACAE@yahoo.com> (message from CBFalconer on Fri, 24 May 2002 19:00:56 GMT) Subject: Re: GNU Pascal (gpc) 2.1 released References: <3CED528D DOT 7DCF9660 AT yahoo DOT com> <3CED6BA6 DOT 48D4D0FE AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk> <200205241404 DOT g4OE4Qt03777 AT envy DOT delorie DOT com> <3CEE7DCE DOT BD8CACAE AT yahoo DOT com> Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk > Which means that "rm @foo" cannot mean to remove the file "@foo", > because if it exists it is an extended command line, and if it > doesn't it becomes an argument. That's not how it works. If the file "foo" exists, then "@foo" means to read foo's contents. If "foo" doesn't exist, then "@foo" means the string "@foo" will be used as an argument as-is. The existence of file "@foo" will not cause the argument "@foo" to become an extended command line. > files. First I will have to make a DJGPP echo command, with a > different name. use djecho.exe