Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:00:51 GMT From: Jamie Landeg Jones <jamie@bishopston.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/154289: Typing error in demo script inside man page "getopt(1)" Message-ID: <201101251800.p0PI0pcJ006241@catflap.bishopston.net> Resent-Message-ID: <201101251810.p0PIABZs008583@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 154289 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Typing error in demo script inside man page "getopt(1)" >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jan 25 18:10:11 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jamie Landeg Jones >Release: FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE i386 >Organization: http://www.bishopston.com/jamie/ >Environment: System: FreeBSD catflap.bishopston.net 8.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-PRERELEASE #0: Wed Jan 19 12:51:26 GMT 2011 root@catflap.bishopston.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CATFLAP i386 >Description: getopt(1) man page contains the following within the sample code: -a|-b) echo flag $i set; sflags="${i#-}$sflags"; shift;; -o) $i and ${i are wrong - they should be $1 and ${1 respectively - as it stands, the example doesn't show which flag is being set >How-To-Repeat: man getopt >Fix: replace $i with $1 and ${i with ${1 >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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