Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 16:14:33 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: OoHOSEoO <oohoseoo AT aol DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: '@' command line switch disabling??
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On 30 Jun 1998, OoHOSEoO wrote:

> I'd really like to know how to disable the '@' switch that DJGPP uses in
> command lines to take the contents of a file and place them on the command
> line... I'd like to use it as my own switch.

It is explained in the DJGPP FAQ list (section 16.3): you need to include 
the @ character in single or double quotes.  For example:

               myprog "@myfile.txt"

> I'd like disable this, and I don't have the patience to read
> through the rediculously long and complex man file.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^    
Thanks a lot for this encouragement!  You mean that it's not enough that 
I did all that titanic work of assemblying the FAQ together, I now need 
to reply to all those who don't have the patience to read it, right?  
Seems that they are right when they say that no good deed goes 
unpunished,.

FWIW, there's an index near the end of the FAQ which is the right tool to
find the info in the FAQ.  Or is the index ``ridiculously long'' as well
for your taste?