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Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 02:19:33 +0000 (UTC)
From: Janne Snabb <snabb@epipe.com>
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Subject: Re: [new port] usage of shar command
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On Mon, 19 Jul 2010, Joe wrote:

> This needs to be in the handbook. How is anybody going to know that the
> `find port_dir` is suppose to be enclosed by [`backticks`]. I has to be said 
> in words not just a printed example.

I would have assumed that anyone who submits a port would be familiar
with the elementary basics of shell syntax.

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