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Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 16:12:59 -0400
From: Chet Ramey <chet AT nike DOT ins DOT cwru DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: getopts missing with latest cygwin
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X-In-Reply-To:  Message from cgf AT cygnus DOT com of Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:17:36 -0400 (id <20001010151736 DOT L3352 AT cygnus DOT com>)

> >No, it can't.  A separate program cannot propagate the changes to
> >$OPTIND and $OPTARG back to the parent shell.
> 
> Btw, I based my assertion that it can be used as a separate program on this:
> 
> % ls -l /usr/bin/getopts
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 bin      bin         1518 Jul 25  1995 /usr/bin/getopts
> 
> I have no idea how it actually is used with sh on this system, though.

It's not.  It simply exists to satisfy a POSIX.2 requirement.  It need
not be (and is not) useful.

-- 
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet)

Chet Ramey, CWRU    chet AT po DOT CWRU DOT Edu    http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/

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