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Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 07:30:29 +0000
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From: "Ian 'DrDebug' Day" <Ian AT darkblak DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Subject: Re: [opendos] BAD Filesystems
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In article <199702170154 DOT AA08324 AT mail DOT crl DOT com>, Weiqi Gao
<weiqigao AT crl DOT com> writes
>>Did I miss something there?
>>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".

I know what responce files are, but he was talking about @include files,
and to a programmer that's confusing the issue a little...   :)

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