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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.UUCP
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Subject: Re: getopt command problem: doesn't re-quote
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Date: Wed, 18-Feb-87 15:52:18 EST
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In article <274@rabbit1.UUCP> robert@rabbit1.UUCP (Robert L. Oliver) writes:
>... the getopt command seems to have a bit of a problem.
>It doesn't "re-quote" arguments, so they get broken up incorrectly
>when parsed by the shell.  

Yes, the "getopt" utility cannot be made to work right
in Bourne shell scripts.  That is why it has been replaced
with a "getopts" shell built-in in SVR3.

IEEE 1003.2 expects to adopt "getopts", not "getopt"
(assuming I get the shell specification written in time).