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Re: fold(1) and "blank" and add lazy option



On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Adam Hoka wrote:

> On 09/22/09 13:43, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> > The -[0-9] arguments aren't documented in manual page nor in usage. Why?
> > Historical, but planned to be removed to just use -w instead?
>
> I guess its a remnant from ancient times, its not documented because it
> shouldn't be relied on, I suppose.

there is a note in the BUGS section of getopt(3) relating to digit flags,
says the practice is wrong and should not be relied on..

iain




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