[news.admin] map shar files

long@savax.UUCP (David Long) (01/26/88)

We received a bundle of maps that no longer contain the "----cut here----"
string. This broke my shell script for updating our data-base. I am now
depending on at least one shell comment line (":" our "#") before anything
important in the shar file. Can I have a suggestion from the administrators
on some better string which I can rely on always being present in a map
shar file (and never in a non-shar file)?

Thanks
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David Long  ...decvax!savax!long  (Sanders Associates, Inc., Nashua, NH)