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From:	"Bernard A Badger" <bab AT vx DOT com>
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Subject:	RE: trivial mkpasswd defect
Date:	Wed, 29 May 2002 12:27:15 -0400
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Of Corinna Vinschen
> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 11:32 AM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Cc: Jon LaBadie
> Subject: Re: trivial mkpasswd defect
>
>
> 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.

I hope you mean that '-?' will work, not that '-?' will be taken out of the
usage.


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