HP 3000 Manuals

HP System Dictionary XL Gen. Ref. Vol. 2-Part 4 SDUTIL

COMMENT 

Allows you to enter description text into the command stream.

Syntax 

     COMMENT  [.]

Parameters 

None

Discussion 

This command allows the use of text to document what is happening in the
stream without having any affect on the operation of the system.  The
COMMENT command may be used whenever the command for a prompt (>) is
present.

The command is a very simple one.  It consists of the command word
COMMENT followed by zero or more characters.  The system ignores all
characters on the line and simply writes them to the log file for
documentation.  The system then prompts for the next command.  Note that
this command does not need to end in a period and so must be contained on
a single line (can have a multi-line comment by having multiple lines
each beginning with a COMMENT command).

Example 

     >comment 
     >comment 
     >comment   This command file is used to compile the 
     >comment   production version of the dictionary. 
     >comment 
     >

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