1 1.1 apb # This is a comment 2 1.1 apb .if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == something 3 1.1 apb FOO=bar 4 1.1 apb .endif 5 1.1 apb 6 1.1 apb #\ 7 1.1 apb Multiline comment 8 1.1 apb 9 1.1 apb BAR=# defined 10 1.1 apb FOOBAR= # defined 11 1.1 apb 12 1.1 apb # This is an escaped comment \ 13 1.1 apb that keeps going until the end of this line 14 1.1 apb 15 1.1 apb # Another escaped comment \ 16 1.1 apb that \ 17 1.1 apb goes \ 18 1.1 apb on 19 1.1 apb 20 1.1 apb # This is NOT an escaped comment due to the double backslashes \\ 21 1.1 apb all: hi foo bar 22 1.1 apb @echo comment testing done 23 1.1 apb 24 1.1 apb hi: 25 1.1 apb @echo comment testing start 26 1.1 apb 27 1.1 apb foo: 28 1.1 apb @echo this is $@ 29 1.1 apb 30 1.1 apb bar: 31 1.1 apb @echo This is how a comment looks: '# comment' 32