A # must be preceeded by whitespace to start an rcfile comment.
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... | @@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ the options specified in the command line override those from | ... | @@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ the options specified in the command line override those from |
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54 | The very long lines may be split across several lines of text by | 54 | The very long lines may be split across several lines of text by |
55 | escaping final newline with a backslash (@samp{\}) character. | 55 | escaping final newline with a backslash (@samp{\}) character. |
56 | The @samp{#} character introduces comment. | 56 | The @samp{#} character introduces a comment (it must be |
57 | preceeded by whitespace). | ||
57 | 58 | ||
58 | Here is an example of a simple @file{mailutils.rc} file. It tells | 59 | Here is an example of a simple @file{mailutils.rc} file. It tells |
59 | all mailutils programs to use @file{/var/spool/mail} as a mailspool | 60 | all mailutils programs to use @file{/var/spool/mail} as a mailspool | ... | ... |
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