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Article #897Re: long options
From: Michael I Bushnell
Date: Tue, 28 May 1991 18:33
Date: Tue, 28 May 1991 18:33
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Submitted-by: mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) In article <1991May28.010441.13817@uunet.uu.net> ONM07%DMSWWU1A.BITNET@VM1.gatech.edu (Julian F. Reschke) writes: I recently heard that future POSIX standards will document `long options' similar to those used in the GNU file utilities. (3) What about tools that do not use getopt (like pg, chmod, tar and so on)? Note that GNU tar now uses getoldopt, which is called just like getopt, but understands both the old tar option format and the new format. -mib Volume-Number: Volume 23, Number 79
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Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!uunet.UU.NET!sef From: mib@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Michael I Bushnell) Subject: Re: long options Message-ID: <1991May31.031942.1615@uunet.uu.net> Originator: sef@uunet.UU.NET Sender: usenet@uunet.uu.net (UseNet News) Nntp-Posting-Host: uunet.uu.net X-Submissions: std-unix@uunet.uu.net Organization: Free Software Foundation, Cambridge, MA References: <1991May28.010441.13817@uunet.uu.net> Date: Tue, 28 May 1991 18:33:39 GMT Approved: sef@uunet.uu.net (Moderator, Sean Eric Fagan - comp.std.unix)