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Subject: sh(1) man page ommission
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>Number:         5399
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Missing detail of - or -- flags to sh(1)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Dec 30 20:40:00 PST 1997
>Closed-Date:    Wed Jul 29 21:47:05 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:  Wed Jul 29 21:48:21 PDT 1998
>Originator:     Duncan Barclay
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

	

>Description:

	man page for sh(1) does not document flags "-" and "--".
        First use noticed in /etc/daily, /etc/weekly, /etc/monthly
	as #!/bin/sh - but not mentioned in manual page.
	Source code (src/sh/options.c line 165) gives
	 break;    /* "-" or  "--" terminates options */


>How-To-Repeat:

	

>Fix:
	
  Update man page	

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->doc 
Responsible-Changed-By: phk 
Responsible-Changed-When: Thu Apr 30 13:32:16 PDT 1998 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
doc issue 
Responsible-Changed-From-To: doc->freebsd-doc 
Responsible-Changed-By: steve 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun May 3 14:07:44 PDT 1998 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Belongs to freebsd-doc. 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: jkoshy 
State-Changed-When: Wed Jul 29 21:47:05 PDT 1998 
State-Changed-Why:  
Fixed in rev 1.21 of "src/bin/sh/sh.1", thanks! 
>Unformatted:
