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Re: Coreutils needs a man page
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Coreutils needs a man page |
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Thu, 28 May 2009 20:19:13 -0600 |
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According to jesse wilson on 5/28/2009 6:16 PM:
> deleting it. Since "--" is a
> common option of the coreutils,
More than that, it is a common option required by POSIX of almost all apps
(although not all apps follow POSIX, and there are a few exceptions for
things like echo).
> is to have a coreutils manpage that
> describes the
> common options of the coreutils programs and is referenced by the
> manpages of the
> individual coreutils programs.
But it is not just coreutils that follows these rules, so why should
coreutils be the one to provide such a page?
- --
Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well!
Eric Blake address@hidden
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