Re: Nodes lists etc

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On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, g3orh wrote:

> Roberts question about # nodes prompts me to ask one. With a nodes table in
> place , trying to call <port> <#node alias> produces a syntax error and I
> have to resort to using the callsign (with ssid) as in "call <port>
> <aliascallsign> as the call program doesn't seem to like (or misenterprets)
> the # sign. A minor detail this bit but one I was suprised at. Is this
> generally recognised ?

The # sign is a shell comment character. The shell removes it and
everything after that until the next new-line character. That means "call"
won't even see the #ALIAS...

The solution depends on the shell used but generally at least "#ALIAS",
'#ALIAS' and \#ALIAS should work.

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