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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
>
> > David Moberg wrote:
> > > $1 = program name,
> > > $2 = first argument to a program.
> >
> > I believe $0 is the program name.  $1 is the
> > first parameter.  And so on.
>
> I seem to have a lot of trouble with remembering
> ash features. Please ignore me on these things
> and consult the manual page instead for full
> details.
>
> David
> --

I got $1 and $2 working in BL2 (bash, not ash).
The ash man page in BL3 says "$@" is equivalent to "$1" "$2".

Why does lynx.cfg use %s in DOWNLOADER and other places, not $1?