/bin/sh feature? - (nf)

[jim at ism780b.UUCP]

#R:uvm-cs:-27400:ism780b:28500004:000:334
ism780b!jim    Jul 14 13:11:00 1984

> Sounds like useful behavior; by preceeding a statement with a colon it gets
> commented out even if it is continued on the next line, no?

Yes, but you have to keep in mind that it is syntactically a command so, e.g.,

: (

does not work ("sh: syntax error at line 1: `(' unexpected").

-- Jim Balter, INTERACTIVE Systems (ima!jim)