Index: /branches/eam_branches/20091201/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.basic/Makefile
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/20091201/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.basic/Makefile	(revision 26500)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/20091201/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.basic/Makefile	(revision 26501)
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@
 $(SRC)/mkdir.$(ARCH).o     \
 $(SRC)/module.$(ARCH).o     \
+$(SRC)/nop.$(ARCH).o        \
 $(SRC)/output.$(ARCH).o     \
 $(SRC)/quit.$(ARCH).o	     \
Index: /branches/eam_branches/20091201/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.basic/init.c
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/20091201/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.basic/init.c	(revision 26500)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/20091201/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.basic/init.c	(revision 26501)
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@
 int mkdir_opihi     PROTO((int, char **));
 int module          PROTO((int, char **));
+int nop             PROTO((int, char **));
 int output          PROTO((int, char **));
 int pwd             PROTO((int, char **));
@@ -66,4 +67,5 @@
   {1, "?",             list_help,          "list commands *"},
   {1, "??",            list_vars,          "list variables *"},
+  {1, "#",             nop,                "a NOP function"},
   {1, "local",         local,              "define local variables"},
   {1, "macro",         macro,              "deal with the macros *"}, 
@@ -71,4 +73,5 @@
   {1, "mkdir",         mkdir_opihi,        "built-in mkdir command"},
   {1, "module",        module,             "load script file from the modules directories"},
+  {1, "nop",           nop,                "a NOP function"},
   {1, "output",        output,             "redirect output to file"},
   {1, "pwd",           pwd,                "print current working directory"},
Index: /branches/eam_branches/20091201/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.basic/nop.c
===================================================================
--- /branches/eam_branches/20091201/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.basic/nop.c	(revision 26501)
+++ /branches/eam_branches/20091201/Ohana/src/opihi/cmd.basic/nop.c	(revision 26501)
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# include "basic.h"
+
+int nop (int argc, char **argv) {
+  return (TRUE);
+}