Re: nonconformant behavior for printf(1) (you cannot interpret - as an option char)

[Eric Blake]

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According to Rich Felker on 11/26/2007 8:43 PM:
> $ printf ---%s---\\n test
> bash: printf: --: invalid option

That's not a bug.  If you insist on printing with a format string that
starts with -, POSIX requires that you use -- to end arguments, as in:

$ printf -- ---%s---\\n test
- ---test---

If your non-builtin system printf behaves differently, that is a bug in
your system printf.

- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!

Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net
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