[Info-vax] Long uptime cut short by Hurricane Sandy

[AEF]

On Feb 2, 10:27 am, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
> In article <nospam-DA6E3B.16021402022... at news.chingola.ch>,
>         Paul Sture <nos... at sture.ch> writes:
>
> > In article
> > <57c7dde5-875e-46e7-a4ff-095bc5d52... at w7g2000yqo.googlegroups.com>,
> >  AEF <spamsink2... at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >> Well, let's see. What does # do in Unix? Why it's either tells you
> >> what follows is a comment or when in a prompt what follows is a
> >> command run with full super user powers!
>
> >> Comment vs super user. Nice.
>
> 1.  Prompt is the shell, not Unix.

Extreme nitpick. It's a shell that runs in Unix, which makes it a Unix
shell.

> 2.  Prompt is totally user settable and has no significance whatsoever.

Really? Running su gives you a # prompt!!! I suppose su has nothing to
do with Unix, either.

>   Here is mine on the University server:
>
>                   login as: bill
>                   Using keyboard-interactive authentication.
>                   Password:
>
>                   server1#

Irrelevant.

>
> 3.  I'll bet you also think the su command means "super user".

You bet wrong. Also irrelevant.

> > You missed out shebang, as in:
>
> > #!/bin/sh

Oh, so # in a shell script is Unix, but in a prompt from the su
command it's "the shell". I don't believe su is a built-in. Hey,
correct me if I'm wrong on that.

>
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_%28Unix%29
>
> I was going to mention that as the on place where a line beginning with
> an octothorpe is not a comment and is not ignored.
>
> bill
>
> --
> Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
> billg... at cs.scranton.edu |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
> University of Scranton   |
> Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>

AEF

I vote for matzo ball soup. And then some roast chicken (with
paprika), potatoes, and some beets.