Exclamation Point (!) Command Modifier Examples

LEAP.TXT : HOP.ASM SKIP.BAS JUMP.C
  ! print $** lpt1:

The example above executes the following three commands, regardless of the modification dates of the dependent file:

print HOP.ASM lpt1:
print SKIP.BAS lpt1:
print JUMP.C lpt1:

LEAP.TXT : HOP.ASM SKIP.BAS JUMP.C
  ! print $? lpt1:

The example above executes the print command only for those dependent files with modification dates later than that of the LEAP.TXT file. If HOP.ASM and JUMP.C have modification dates later than LEAP.TXT, the following two commands are executed:

print HOP.ASM lpt1:
print JUMP.C lpt1: