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| author | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1999-12-29 17:52:49 +0000 |
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| committer | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 1999-12-29 17:52:49 +0000 |
| commit | dbbbaf53352501384c57512e2251c9d7169388af (patch) | |
| tree | ee82c0b6703dcaa060e93c02e3bf108c2176e78f /manual/getopt.texi | |
| parent | 15a2315cb457be0599d7a662e64aa54e560f96f0 (diff) | |
Update.
1999-12-29 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/sys/io.h: Don't include
<asm/io.h>; remove K&R compatibility; add missing ints.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/sys/io.h: Remove K&R compatibility,
add missing ints.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/io.h: Don't include <asm/io.h>.
1999-12-29 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* manual/getopt.texi (Using Getopt): Document ordering of options.
1999-12-29 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/llseek.c: Emit link time warning for llseek.
Requested by Michael Deutschmann <michael@talamasca.wkpowerlink.com>.
1999-12-14 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/scsi/scsi.h: Add new defines from Linux
2.3.32.
1999-12-28 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
* elf/sprof.c (load_shobj): Fix error message.
(generate_call_graph): Cast %*s length argument to int.
* locale/programs/localedef.c (construct_output_path): Likewise.
* locale/programs/ld-ctype.c (ctype_finish): Use proper format
specifier.
(ctype_class_new): Likewise.
* locale/programs/ld-time.c (time_finish): Likewise.
* sunrpc/svc_simple.c (register_rpc): Likewise.
* nscd/connections.c (nscd_run, start_threads): Use long instead of
int to avoid cast warnings.
* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/e_atan2l.c (__ieee754_atan2l): Kill
warning.
* sysdeps/ieee754/ldbl-128/s_roundl.c (__roundl): Remove unused
variable se.
* time/strftime.c (my_strftime): Provide wide era string when
requested.
* sysdeps/sparc/fpu/bits/mathinline.h (__signbit, __signbitl):
Separate into 32bit and 64bit versions.
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diff --git a/manual/getopt.texi b/manual/getopt.texi index f3934d0cfe..aefb034566 100644 --- a/manual/getopt.texi +++ b/manual/getopt.texi @@ -71,10 +71,29 @@ string can be followed by a colon (@samp{:}) to indicate that it takes a required argument. If an option character is followed by two colons (@samp{::}), its argument is optional; this is a GNU extension. +@code{getopt} has three ways to deal with options that follow +non-options @var{argv} elements. The special argument @samp{--} forces +in all cases the end of option scanning. + +@itemize @bullet +@item +The default is to permute the contents of @var{argv} while scanning it +so that eventually all the non-options are at the end. This allows +options to be given in any order, even with programs that were not +written to expect this. + +@item If the @var{options} argument string begins with a hyphen (@samp{-}), this is treated specially. It permits arguments that are not options to be returned as if they were associated with option character @samp{\0}. +@item +POSIX demands the following behaviour: The first non-option stops option +processing. This mode is selected by either setting the environment +variable @code{POSIXLY_CORRECT} or beginning the @var{options} argument +string with a plus sign (@samp{+}). +@end itemize + The @code{getopt} function returns the option character for the next command line option. When no more option arguments are available, it returns @code{-1}. There may still be more non-option arguments; you |