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Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:26:04 +1000
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/i4b/isdnd main.c src/usr.sbin/i4b/isdndebug         main.c src/usr.sbin/i4b/isdndecode main.c src/usr.s
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>>   	o getopt returns '?' for characters it doesn't know about, so
>>   	  don't include them in the getopt options string.
>
>Including '?' in the getopt options string is intentional, because - last
>time i checked - using "programname -?" produces an output, where getopt
>says that "-?" is an invalid option. This is IMHO false in that "-?" is
>a valid option to display the usage string(s).

"-?" is an invalid option that can be (ab)used to display the usage
message.  It is clearly invalid for the i4b programs because none of the
i4b man pages document it :-).  Documenting it in all man pages wouldn't
be useful.

getopt actually says that "-?" is an illegal option.

Bruce


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