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gwyn at brl-vld gwyn at brl-vld
Sun Aug 7 20:10:30 AEST 1983


From:      Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn at brl-vld>

Any program that uses getopt() to scan its command-line arguments will
be able to handle "--" as an "end of options" marker.

I really don't like the use of "-" for this, as that is conventionally
an indication that stdin is to be used where a file would normally be
named.  Things are confusing enough without doubling up on meanings.



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