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ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync<H2>BIND Configuration File Guide--Comment Syntax</H2>
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync/* This is a BIND comment as in C */
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync// This is a BIND comment as in C++
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync# This is a BIND comment as in common Unix shells and perl
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync<P>Comments may appear anywhere that whitespace may appear in a BIND
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsyncconfiguration file.</P>
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync<P>C-style comments start with the two characters <CODE>/*</CODE>
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync(slash, star) and end with <CODE>*/</CODE> (star, slash). Because
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsyncthey are completely delimited with these characters, they can be used
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsyncto comment only a portion of a line or to span multiple lines.</P>
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync<P>C-style comments cannot be nested. For example, the following is
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsyncnot valid because the entire comment ends with the first
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync/* This is the start of a comment.
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync This is still part of the comment.
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync/* This is an incorrect attempt at nesting a comment. */
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync This is no longer in any comment. */
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync<P>C++-style comments start with the two characters <CODE>//</CODE>
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync(slash, slash) and continue to the end of the physical line. They
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsynccannot be continued across multiple physical lines; to have one
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsynclogical comment span multiple lines, each line must use the
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync// This is the start of a comment. The next line
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync// is a new comment, even though it is logically
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync// part of the previous comment.
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync<P>Shell-style (or perl-style, if you prefer) comments start with the
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsynccharacter <CODE>#</CODE> (hash or pound or number or octothorpe or
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsyncwhatever) and continue to the end of the physical line, like C++
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsynccomments.</P> For example:
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync# This is the start of a comment. The next line
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync# is a new comment, even though it is logically
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync# part of the previous comment.
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync<P><STRONG>WARNING:</STRONG> you cannot use the <CODE>;</CODE>
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsync(semicolon) character to start a comment such as you would in a zone
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsyncfile. The semicolon indicates the end of a configuration statement,
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsyncso whatever follows it will be interpreted as the start of the next
ae9ed83297460a052aeae98394d473e83aeafd1fvboxsyncstatement.</P>
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