Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 05:30:01 -0700 From: J Wunsch <j@ida.interface-business.de> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/743: vi cannot edit a file where the name starts with + Message-ID: <199509271230.FAA29259@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/743; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: J Wunsch <j@ida.interface-business.de>
To: mpp@mpp.minn.net (Mike Pritchard)
Cc: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org,
bostic@cs.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: bin/743: vi cannot edit a file where the name starts with +
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 12:50:08 +0100 (MET)
As Mike Pritchard wrote:
>
> > vi +foo
> > ~
> > ...
> > ~
> > /tmp/vi.014780: new file: line 1; The foo command is unknown.
> As for the "vi +foo" problem, note the "+cmd" syntax above.
Of course, this has been quite clear to me.
> I don't
> think that I would consider this a real "bug". It seems to fall into
> the same category as trying to use rm to remove a file that starts with
> a dash (-) (and please, lets not get into a long discussion on that...).
But for removing a file starting with a dash, there's a well-known
interface to work around it (--). I'd rather suggest for vi to also
accept a ``--'' to end scanning the command line for options.
--
cheers,
J"org Wunsch
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