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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 20:38:57 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: command line options on the end
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On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 03:15:09PM -0700, Michael A Chase wrote:
>Allowing options after non-option type arguments is a decision made by
>the authors of each command.  There are notable exceptions like gcc,
>but most UNIX programs do not allow them.

I think this is actually a reflection of the fact that we're not using
GNU getopt.  The getopt in libcygwin.a apparently defaults to the
old-fashioned UNIX behavior.

Patches gratefully etcetera.

cgf

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