Re: CVS commit: othersrc/external/bsd/getopt2

[David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 05:30:48AM +0000, Alistair G. Crooks wrote:
...
> Log Message:
> Initial import of getopt2 into othersrc repository.
...
> In addition, the optstring does the usual ':' for an option with an
> argument, and uses ';' to denote an option that optionally takes an
> argument.

Hmmm... optional arguments shouldn't really be allowed - they go against
the standard command line syntax rules.

It isn't actually obvious to me how this is parsed, since the general
recommendation is to have a space between any option and its argument.

        David

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