Received: from spf3.us4.outblaze.com (spf3.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.25]) by sdf.lonestar.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9J1871F000686 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 01:08:27 GMT Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by spf3.us4.outblaze.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01BC353837 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 01:08:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CJib5-00016N-Jp for migo@homemail.com; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:15:31 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CJiai-000160-R6 for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:15:08 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CJiai-00015b-0c for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:15:08 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CJiah-00015Y-MZ for gnu-arch-users@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:15:07 -0400 Received: from [202.32.8.214] (helo=tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CJiSv-0007WW-CY; Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:07:05 -0400 Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp (mailgate53.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.184]) by tyo201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id i9J170A17791; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:07:00 +0900 (JST) Received: (from root@localhost) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) id i9J16xK19159; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:06:59 +0900 (JST) Received: from edtmg02.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.26.16.202]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id i9J16xN07087; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:06:59 +0900 (JST) Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by edtmg02.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i9J16vV4023899; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:06:58 +0900 (JST) Received: from mctpc71 (mctpc71.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp [10.30.118.121]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.8/EDcg v2.01-mc/1046780839) with ESMTP id i9J16uwt029344; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:06:57 +0900 (JST) Received: by mctpc71 (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 5FDAA4D0; Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:06:56 +0900 (JST) To: Thomas Lord References: <200410131652979.SM01116@TWICE> <1097795037.1218.20.camel@nemesis> <20041015065400.GA4608@tivano.de> <20041015070419.GA27238@patrick.wattle.id.au> <20041015094412.GD23172@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> <20041017100541.GA29590@stig.vm.bytemark.co.uk> <20041017135222.GA2163@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> <200410181639.i9IGdSas026143@xl2.seyza.com> From: Miles Bader System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:06:56 +0900 In-Reply-To: <200410181639.i9IGdSas026143@xl2.seyza.com> (Thomas Lord's message of "Mon, 18 Oct 2004 09:39:28 -0700 (PDT)") Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org Subject: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: filename issues X-BeenThere: gnu-arch-users@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Miles Bader List-Id: a discussion list for all things arch-ish List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Errors-To: gnu-arch-users-bounces+migo=homemail.com@gnu.org Status: RO Content-Length: 1084 Lines: 22 Thomas Lord writes: > --prefix=/usr/scratch > > The mandatory `=' in that syntax breaks the usual rule that a filename > completer can scan backwards for whitespace and count everything back > to that point as filename. > > That's why, when I wrote the option parser for package-framework, > I made sure to add support for an alternative syntax: > > --prefix /usr/scratch GNU getopt has supported the "--option FOO" syntax for long options as long as I can remember. I think people tend to write the "=" syntax in documentation because it's prettier, but both are equally valid in usage. -Miles -- `...the Soviet Union was sliding in to an economic collapse so comprehensive that in the end its factories produced not goods but bads: finished products less valuable than the raw materials they were made from.' [The Economist] _______________________________________________ Gnu-arch-users mailing list Gnu-arch-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-arch-users GNU arch home page: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/gnu-arch/