Re: When to use a semicolon in a *.conf file?

From: Oscar Bastidas (obastida_at_umn.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 30 2020 - 22:28:25 CDT

Thanks Josh.

Oscar

Oscar Bastidas, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Minnesota

On Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 7:50 AM Josh Vermaas <joshua.vermaas_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Oscar,
>
> For most lines, semicolons are not required, since Tcl isn't C. The two
> exceptions that come up frequently are:
> 1. You want to put two Tcl commands on one line.
> 2. You want to put a comment after your command
> What a semicolon means is that the line ends, which means that a semicolon
> won't ever hurt at the end of the line, and there are instances where they
> are required so the parser doesn't get confused.
>
> -Josh
>
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 10:17 PM Oscar Bastidas <obastida_at_umn.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Could someone please tell me when in a *.conf file it is necessary to use
>> a semicolon at the end of a statement/command? I've noticed that for some
>> lines it's employed, but not on other lines and I can't seem to identify a
>> pattern. Thanks.
>>
>> Oscar
>>
>> Oscar Bastidas, Ph.D.
>> Postdoctoral Research Associate
>> University of Minnesota
>>
>

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