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From: Benjamin Drago <drago@hc.ti.com>
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Subject: .zshenv file syntax: spanning lines with comments
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This is not a serious problem; just one I've been curious about.

Is there a way to have long variables span multiple lines, with
comments inserted?  Something like this:

current version:

export PATH=/home/$USER/bin/$OSTYPE:/home/$USER/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/gnu/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/vol/local/$OSTYPE/bin

what I would like to do:

export PATH=/home/$USER/bin/$OSTYPE:		# arch dependent binaries
	/home/$USER/bin:			# arch independent scripts
	/usr/local/bin:				# local apps
	/opt/gnu/bin:				# gnu tools
	...


Thanks,
Ben
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Ben Drago                 drago@hc.ti.com              Sysadmin, TI