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From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: getopt(1) doesn't/can't preserve quoted args
Message-ID: <6038@elsie.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 20:22:36 EST
Article-I.D.: elsie.6038
Posted: Wed Mar  5 20:22:36 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 7-Mar-86 08:14:40 EST
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Summary: set -- is a bsd nono

> . . .They proposed altering the usage
> of getopt(1) from the current
> 	set -- `getopt ops $*`
> to
> 	eval set -- "`getopt ops "$@"`"

Do note that
	set -- whatever
is considered an error by the "sh" that comes with 4.[123]bsd.  When writing
shell scripts, you can make life easier for bsders by doing a
	set -$- whatever
which is acceptable to both bsd and System V.
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