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In-Reply-To: <200112061117.fB6BHPf19872@burner.fokus.gmd.de> from "Joerg Schilling" at "Dec 6, 1 12:17:25 pm"
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Joerg Schilling writes:
> >From babolo@links.ru Thu Dec  6 00:41:54 2001
> 
> >Joerg Schilling writes:
> >.....
> >> STAR Option	Description							Gnu tar equiv.	Remarks
> >> ===========	===========							=============	===================
> >.....
> >> file=nm,f=nm	use 'nm' as tape instead of stdin/stdout			-f		close to identical
> >May be close to identical in function, but not in convenience
> >What about f=*.[ch] or f=something<tab to expand or ^d to list>
> 
> Here is a more complete desciption of the features of the getargs()
> function that is used to parse the command line arguments of all
> schily programs:
> 
> /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
> As a hint for readers to the star manual page, star uses getargs() to parse
> the command line. Getargs() is much more flexible than getopt() and is even
> older than getopt(). The following features 
> 
> -	All single char boolean options and all single char increment type
> 	options may be combined into a single string starting with a single
> 	dash (-).
> 
> -	getargs() has a compatibility mode for GNU programs and allows to
> 	preceede long options with a double dash (--) instead of the usual
> 	single dash (-).
> 
> -	All options that take an argument are listed in the man page for
> 	better readability of the manual as:
> 	
> 		option=arg
> 
> 	but the following variants may appear in the actual command line:
> 
> 		option=arg
> 		option= arg
> 		-option=arg
> 		-option= arg
> 		-optionarg
> 		-option arg
> 
> -	A separate double dash (--) may preceede any argument that looks like
> 	an option and specifies that the immediately following argument is
> 	a file type argument.
> 
> /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
> 
> I am not shure whether I should ad this to all of my maual pages or whether I
> should add a "SEE ALSO" note in the man page and include the getargs() man page
> with all programs.
There is the first time I install star and I see
no other way to know quikly about getargs.
Yes, I use sometimes sources for investigate some trick
but I am restricted by time.
I think others too.
Any way to include in manual is better then none.
Thanks.

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