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Subject: Re: getopt command problem:  doesn't re-quote
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Date: Wed, 25-Mar-87 12:49:35 EST
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< Since writing one's own getopt program is trivial on a system with the
< getopt call, this is more of a major annoyance than a problem.  So, my
< questions:
< 1)  Any portable workarounds (I can't think of any)?
< 2)  Have any of the standards groups thought of proposing that this be
< fixed?

Both System V release 3 and POSIX (1003.2) recognize this problem. The Vr3
solution was to introduce a builtin into the shell called getopts which
would replace the use of getopt and do all of the proper quoting. POSIX is
following suit.

					Tony Hansen
					ihnp4!pegasus!hansen