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Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 17:32:26 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Cc: Jon LaBadie <jcyg AT jgcomp DOT com>
Subject: Re: trivial mkpasswd defect
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On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 10:14:14AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> mkpasswd reports '?' is a valid help option but fails to accept it.
> 
> 	$ mkpasswd --help
> 	Usage: mkpasswd [OPTION]... [domain]
> 
> 	This program prints a /etc/passwd file to stdout
> 
> 	Options:
> 		... snip ...
> 	   -?,--help               displays this message
> 	 
> 	$ mkpasswd -?
> 	mkpasswd: unknown option -- ?

Thanks.  This will go away in the next version.

Corinna

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