Date: Sat, 8 Nov 1997 17:58:32 +0000 From: James Raynard <fhackers@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: Sheldon Hearn <axl@iafrica.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why doesn't /bin/echo use getopt? Message-ID: <19971108175832.31362@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <25358.879002601@axl.iafrica.com>; from Sheldon Hearn on Sat, Nov 08, 1997 at 05:23:21PM %2B0200 References: <25358.879002601@axl.iafrica.com>
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On Sat, Nov 08, 1997 at 05:23:21PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > Trivial question: why doesn't src/bin/echo/echo.c use getopt? > > echo.c: /* This utility may NOT do getopt(3) option parsing. */ Because it's supposed to repeat its arguments instead of parse them? (with the exception of -n, of course). -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland. james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/
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