Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com> List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/> List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs> Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 20:38:57 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: command line options on the end Message-ID: <20020731003857.GG17985@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20020730215028 DOT 76596 DOT qmail AT web11204 DOT mail DOT yahoo DOT com> <Mahogany-0 DOT 64 DOT 2-480-20020730-151509 DOT 00 AT MCHASE-COMPAQ> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <Mahogany-0.64.2-480-20020730-151509.00@MCHASE-COMPAQ> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23.1i 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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/