> > Okay, the crowd says "-3".
> 
> In the bugs section of getopt(3), it suggests using numerical options is
> wrong, and provision for it is only for backward compatibility.
> (A single letter option, a point of controversy?!)
> 
I checked the SuS last night - it allows 'alphanumeric'.
Nothing about 'numeric' being depracated.

	David

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