How do you comment out a block of text in the vhosts file?

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Do I have to put pound/hash symbols (#) in front of EVERY line?

Most decent text editors should be able to do that easily. – SLaks Dec 12 '11 at 23:05 — SLaks, Dec 12 '11 at 23:05

score 39 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 13 '11 at 08:58

Yes, you will have to put pound/hash symbols (#) in front of ALL the lines you want commented out. There are no 'block comments' tag/symbols.

Some text editors have column-mode editing, which means you can select multiple lines and edit text in all of them at the same time. You can use this feature to insert the # symbol in front of the lines you selected.

score 26 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:13

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This is not a solution but a workaround. You can put the code you want to comment inside an IfDefine block, so it will be ignored unless a dumb variable is defined:

<IfDefine IgnoreBlockComment>
...
</IfDefine>

Source: https://serverfault.com/a/414428

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:13

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How do you comment out a block of text in the vhosts file?

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