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Re: Coreutils needs a man page


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: Coreutils needs a man page
Date: 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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