Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 00:10:06 -0600 (CST)
From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
To: "'OpenDOS newsgroup'" <opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net>
Subject: Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems
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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!)

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