Re: documenting Unix command lines; more than one line

Subject: Re: documenting Unix command lines; more than one line
From: Bernice Kieffer <bernice_kieffer -at- MENTORG -dot- COM>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 08:34:05 PDT

To indicate that a UNIX command (or any other procedural command for that
matter) is continued on the next line you use a backslash at the end of the
line.

Example:

> Gds [-envf <GDS_ENV_FILE>] [-strmf <GDS_STREAM_FILE>] \
[-strmlib <GDS_LIBRARY_NAME>]


bernice kieffer
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