Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 01:34:42 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> To: hm@hcs.de Cc: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans), imp@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: getopt -? illegal ? (was: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/i4b/isdnd main.c ..) Message-ID: <51970.930213282@zippy.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 24 Jun 1999 10:12:40 %2B0200." <m10x4ci-0000fkC@hcswork.hcs.de>
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> Since the very first days i learned Unix, i was - and i still am - under the > impression that running a program with -? produces a usage message. > > I still think that this is common sense, usage and knowledge. Interesting, the oldest Unix applications I can think of always used -h[elp] for this purpose. I don't think there is any real standard there. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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