Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 18:31:26 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: brian@Awfulhak.org (Brian Somers), grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey), sheldonh@uunet.co.za (Sheldon Hearn), obrien@FreeBSD.org, archie@FreeBSD.org (Archie Cobbs), cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.c Message-ID: <200007201731.SAA04232@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> of "Thu, 20 Jul 2000 10:27:43 PDT." <200007201727.KAA36657@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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> > > Others have contradicted this view. But maybe we should think of a
> > > consistent way to do it. I've always done something like 'foo
> > > -fdsafds' to force a usage message. Maybe -? should be acceptable,
> > > since it's what people will expect.
> >
> > Heh :-)
> >
> > hak:~ $ ls -fdsafds
> > 4 .
>
> I wonder what command groks my favorite for getting usage:
>
> gndrsh:rgrimes {338}% ls -usage
> ls: illegal option -- e
> usage: ls [-ACFHLPRTWacdfgikloqrstu1] [file ...]
Easy:
hak:~ $ test -usage
hak:~ $ echo $?
0
> --
> Rod Grimes - KD7CAX @ CN85sl - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net
>
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Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !
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