Re: cli options

Thus quoth Alex Butcher op Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 02:08:30PM +0000:
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Dexter Filmore wrote:
> 
> > -O param, -Oparam, -O=param, -O='param', -option param, --option=param,
> > --option=param enable etc etc
> 
> -<single character> options are historic UNIX options provided for backward
> compatibility with existing scripts and sysadmins(!) --<option> is GNU style
> and friendlier for new users, IMHO. The others are a side-effect of the

They take longer to type.

The good thing about the GNU utilities that in many cases you can type the
options in any order (not sure about cdrecord). With older Unices this is not
always the case.

Kind regards,



Daniel von Asmuth

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