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HP SYSTEM DICTIONARY XL COBOL DEFINITION EXTRACTOR Reference Manual

COMMENT Command 

The COMMENT command allows you to enter description text into the command
stream.  It allows the use of text to document what is happening in the
job stream or SDIN file without having any effect on the operation of the
utility.  You can use the COMMENT command whenever the command prompt (>)
is present.

The command is a very simple one.  It consists of the command word
COMMENT followed by a blank and then zero or more characters.  The
program ignores all characters on the line and simply writes them to the
log file for documentation.  The program then prompts for the next
command.  Note that the COMMENT command does not need to end in a period
and so the command must be contained on a single line.  You can specify
multi-line comments by prefacing each line with the COMMENT command.

Syntax 

     COMMENT  [.]

Example 

The following example adds five lines of comments to the command stream
and log file.

          >COMMENT 
          >COMMENT   This command file creates a copy 
          >COMMENT   library from the System Dictionary 
          >COMMENT   for the payroll system. 
          >COMMENT 
          >

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