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Date:      Mon, 27 Dec 1999 18:02:12 +0100 (CET)
From:      Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cons25 && (midc, /stand/sysinstall, etc)
Message-ID:  <199912271702.SAA28477@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>

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Duke Normandin wrote in list.freebsd-questions:
 > From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
 > >#!/bin/sh -
 > >midc "$@"
 > >vidcontrol ... [whatever]
 > >
 > >Save the above as /usr/local/bin/mc, chmod 755 it, and you
 > >should be done.
 > 
 > Thanks for the script example! What does the "$@" do/mean?

It will preserve all command-line options and arguments
(including any whitespace), and forward them to midc as-is.
See the explanation of ``@'' in the section "Special
Parameters" in the manpage of sh.

Regards
   Oliver

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