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* Re: rc feature?
       [not found] <19991112100634.A27688@kierun.localnet>
@ 1999-11-12 10:56 ` Tim Goodwin
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From: Tim Goodwin @ 1999-11-12 10:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: yann.golanski; +Cc: rc

> I get the following error, when using ``='':
> ; configure --prefix=/usr/local
> syntax error
> ; nslookup -querytype=mx 127.0.0.1
> syntax error
> 
> Any idea how to solve this as it seem not to be covered in the man page?

Yes it is...

       rc interprets several characters specially; special  char-
       acters automatically terminate words.  The following char-
       acters are special:

            # ; & | ^ $ = ` ' { } ( ) < >

       The single quote (') prevents  special  treatment  of  any
       character  other  than  itself.

So you just need to quote the character, like this.

    ; configure '--prefix=/usr/local'
    ; nslookup '-querytype=mx' 127.0.0.1

Tim.


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