command line options

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <524 at vsi.UUCP> sullivan at vsi.UUCP (Michael T Sullivan) writes:
>But using -? only _has_ to say that -? is a bad option.  You are relying
>on the fact that all programs have good usage messages.

If you can't get a utility to provide a helpful usage message when you
specify an incorrect option, you probably can't get it to provide such
a message at all.  I know of no way to force utilities to provide such
help, but a thoughtful implementor will do his best in this regard.