At 05:33 PM 4/13/00 -0700, you wrote:
>In Linux the configuration files use the pound key key # = to indicate
>a remark..like DOS REM.
>I see that there is also a semi colon ; which in DOS is also a remark
>but Linux uses both in the same file..
>So what does a colon in front of a sentence mean in a Linux cnf file ?
>
># for example
>; persever case = no
>
>
><for example> is a remark but why would I have the semi colon ; in front of
>the code ?
>Is it also remarked out ?? Why to different ways of doing it in the same
file?
>
>
The # is a basically a comment, but the lines that start with ; are
examples of how the command should look. In many cases, you can just
remove the ; to activate the option.
You can also use the ; to temporally disable an option for testing and
put it back in later. Using a semi colon instead of the pound sign
makes finding the options later easier...
Mikkel
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