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| From: | Bruce Korb |
| Subject: | Re: New flag option request |
| Date: | Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:57:19 -0700 |
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On 10/20/11 08:12, Chet Ramey wrote:
On 10/20/11 10:48 AM, Bruce Korb wrote:You may have this in the queue already, but just in case: POSIX now specifies that if a standard utility has extended options, then you accomplish it with ``-W option-name[=opt-arg]''.That's not actually published anywhere. Where's the specification?
In my mind. It is *reserved* for that purpose and I misremembered. If it is reserved for that purpose, it may as well be used for that purpose, though. :)
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