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- From: utastro!nather (Ed Nather)
-
- > Frank da Cruz's new C-Kermit adopts a set of command line argument
- > standards that are worth looking at.
- > [...]
- > A group of bundled options may end with an option that has an argument.
-
- This creates confusion in using C-Kermit when you want to send an image
- file. For example:
-
- send -is filename < --- works fine
- send -si filename < --- bombs the program
-
- I personally find it hard to remember which is which, since they both seem
- equally sensible to me. I would *much* prefer to bundle the flags, then
- have those with arguments pick them up in the same order as the flags are
- listed. In the above case, the "-i" flag doesn't take an argument, so I
- think it should be processed but should not "shield" the "-s" flag from its
- argument.
-
- But what do I know?
-
- Ed Nather
- Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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-
- Volume-Number: Volume 1, Number 07
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