Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:20:39 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.org, Archie Cobbs <archie@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.c Message-ID: <20000719152039.B51462@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <6425.964033513@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>; from sheldonh@uunet.co.za on Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 09:05:13PM %2B0200 References: <20000719145541.W51462@jade.chc-chimes.com> <6425.964033513@axl.ops.uunet.co.za>
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On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 09:05:13PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> > progname -? is _not_ the UNIX way. I did this to a program once and was
> > given many reasons why it was bad. they may be archived.
>
> Are you sure that what you got was not criticism of a specific getopt()
> use? :-)
Search the commit logs for "Ben Olson <bseth@chc-chimes.com>" who was the
co-worker who submitted the change, hopefully that will give you enough
to dig up the thread.
The main reason is that ? is a (for all intents and purposes) a reserved
shell character and typing:
foo -\?
Seems a bit silly now. To quote They Might Be Giants:
"I felt young and foolish then, I feel old and foolish now."
--
Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org
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