Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 03:39:00 +0000 From: "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/xargs xargs.1 xargs.c Message-ID: <20020502033900.GA28659@FreeBSD.ORG> In-Reply-To: <200205020332.g423WroO017406@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> References: <200205020242.g422gYg56815@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020502032910.GA21076@FreeBSD.ORG> <200205020332.g423WroO017406@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:32:53PM -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<On Thu, 2 May 2002 03:29:11 +0000, "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> said: > > > I want to add -i to be compatible with GNU, but I can't figure out > > how getopt(3) can best be used to deal with an option that > > may-or-may-not take an argument. > > Since the Utility Syntax Guidelines prohibit such optional arguments, > I'd advise against doing so. Thank you. -- jmallett@FreeBSD.org | C, MIPS, POSIX, UNIX, BSD, IRC Geek. http://www.FreeBSD.org | The Power to Serve "I've never tried to give my life meaning by demeaning you." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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