Added README which explains the copyright status of getopt(1)
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/***** unido:mod.std.unix / ut-sally!jsq / 8:54 pm Jul 4, 1985*/
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From: John Quarterman (moderator) <ut-sally!std-unix>
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Topic: yet more on getopt (command line arguments)
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Two more messages, the first a followup to a previous posting, and
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the second public domain sources and man pages for getopt(3) and getopt(1).
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-mod
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From: ihnp4!utzoo!henry
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Date: 3 Jul 85 18:34:41 CDT (Wed)
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To: ihnp4!ut-sally!std-unix
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Subject: Re: command line arguments
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> > A group of bundled options may end with an option that has an argument.
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> This creates confusion in using C-Kermit when you want to send an image
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> file. For example:
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> send -is filename < --- works fine
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> send -si filename < --- bombs the program
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The AT&T syntax standard (which getopt does not completely enforce)
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actually forbids both of these usages. Options with arguments are not
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allowed to be bundled, and they must be separated from their arguments
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by a space.
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> I would *much* prefer to bundle the flags, then
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> have those with arguments pick them up in the same order as the flags are
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> listed.
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The few existing commands that use such a convention, notably tar(1), are
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(in my experience) the worse for it. It's seriously error-prone. I think
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the AT&T people did the right thing.
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Date: Tue, 2 Jul 85 13:07:09 edt
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From: ihnp4!utcs!ian (Ian F. Darwin)
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To: ihnp4!ut-sally!jsq@tzec.UTEXAS.ARPA
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Subject: here is getopt
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Here is the source for getopt(3), the function that should be in
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everybody's C program, and getopt(1), a program that uses it to
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make shell programs comprehensible and consistent. There are man
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pages for both. Please send these on to the mod. group. Thanks.
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[ I have hacked the following shell script slightly so that
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it doesn't extract directly into system source directories,
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rather into the current directory. It should be assumed that
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this code comes with no warranty from me, Ian Darwin, or anyone
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else as to whether it accurately represents getopt as distributed
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with System V, or any command line standard, or that it works
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at all, or that it will cause no damage when extracted or used. -mod]
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