Re: Re[2]: mmc patch

On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 10:30:09AM -0500, David Hakim wrote:
> 2) configure scripts are sh scripts yet in the configure program I can 
> say --with-apache or --with-apache=<path> . How do configure scripts 
> accomplish this ?Do they use helper apps specifically for reading in 
> arguments.

>From what I remember, the configure scripts go through a huge amount of work
to see if a parameter has an argument.  I believe the most important part
though is that parameters with arguments are connected via the '='. This
means that it is seen as a single parameter, then the script looks for the
'=' sign and splits it up based on that.  

> -f  - force to overwrite if module exists in target place
> <default> - don't overwrite if module exists in target place

I like this, it's consistant with the 'mv', 'cp', and 'rm' Unix commands.

Cory

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