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Re: [ddlm-group] CIF header

Wouldn't this cause a UNIX-style OS to try to execute 'CIF2' if
someone accidentally typed the filename in a command context?  This is
not a huge problem in that it will otherwise attempt to execute
'data_xxxx', and only if the file is executable.

I guess I don't understand why we need an extra character after the
hash.  If we really do need an extra character, why not just another
hash?

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Nick Spadaccini <nick@csse.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> On 30/10/09 11:47 PM, "Joe Krahn" <krahn@niehs.nih.gov> wrote:
>
>> A directive embedded in an initial comment really does make sense,
>> because it is irrelevant once the correct parser is selected. It might
>> make sense to add a specific 2nd character, similar to the POSIX shell
>> #!. For example, the STAR format could define an initial line beginning
>> with #% as parsing directive rather than just a plain comment. That
>> makes the abuse of a comment line as a bit less of a hack.
>
> Is there a reason why it can't be #!, to make it consistent with other *nix
> based directives.
>
> cheers
>
> Nick
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