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From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com>
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Subject: Re: SYSV, *BSD, and getopt(3)
To: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 18:24:40 +0200 (SAT)
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In-Reply-To: <199605171419.QAA06574@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at May 17, 96 04:19:07 pm
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J Wunsch wrote:

> [...]
> >       while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "abc")) != -1)
> >          switch (c) {
> >          case 'a':
> >             /* ... */
> > 	    break;
> >          default:
> > 	    err++;
> >          }
> >       if (err)
> >          usage();
> 
> Except that the variable is called ``errs'' :), this is exactly what
> i'm doing in my code as well.

Good to see that someone else is following the One True Way. 8)

Regards
Robert Nordier