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To:	yann.golanski@theplanet.net
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Subject: Re: rc feature?
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Date:	Fri, 12 Nov 1999 05:56:45 -0500
From:	Tim Goodwin <tjg@star.le.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <RxQAAIPyKzif6AsA@ltsun0.star.le.ac.uk>

> 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.