3/15/72 GOTO (I)





3/15/72                                                  GOTO (I)





NAME            goto  --  command transfer



SYNOPSIS        goto label



DESCRIPTION     goto is only allowed when the Shell is taking

                commands from a file.  The file is searched (from

                the beginning) for a line beginning with ":" fol-

                lowed by one or more spaces followed by the la-

                bel.  If such a line is found, the goto command

                returns.  Since the read pointer in the command

                file points to the line after the label, the ef-

                fect is to cause the Shell to transfer to the la-

                belled line.



                ":" is a do-nothing command that only serves to

                place a label.



FILES           --



SEE ALSO        sh(I), :(I)



DIAGNOSTICS     "goto error", if the input file is a typewriter;

                "label not found".



BUGS            --



OWNER           dmr
squoze.net
