Xref: utzoo comp.lang.c:9203 comp.unix.wizards:7731 Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!brl-smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: command line options Message-ID: <7662@brl-smoke.ARPA> Date: 12 Apr 88 12:49:08 GMT References: <2414@zyx.UUCP> <8039@elsie.UUCP> <7628@brl-smoke.ARPA> <143@gsg.UUCP> <7652@brl-smoke.ARPA> <192@sdeggo.UUCP> <7658@brl-smoke.ARPA> <21471@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) ) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 7 In article <21471@bu-cs.BU.EDU> bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) writes: >Howsabout '-=' ? This, as well as -, -. -: -_ -+ -~ -@ -# -% -^, should trip the usage message in the majority of getopt()-based utilities. Use the one that makes you happiest (presumably the one that interacts least with your shell). I'll stick to -? myself.