Re: [PATCH 4/4] chrt: do not try to interpret any other option as a PID either

Op 01-07-2025 om 07:21 schreef Madadi Vineeth Reddy:
> On 30/06/25 14:10, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
>> When doing, for example, `chrt --pid --max`, it would report:
>>
>>    chrt: invalid PID argument: '--max'
>>
> 
> But --max is part of options right?
> 
> According to help text,
> chrt [options] --pid <priority> <pid>
> 
> It should come before --pid right?

Sure.  But the synopses of a command often don't (or even cannot)
fully express all possible arrangements of options and arguments.
So the user ought to be forgiven (when possible) for trying some
unspecified order.

(When I forget the exact invocation of a tool, I normally tack a
--help onto the previous attempt, and this usually prints the help
text, ignoring any other options.  It would be nice if that worked
here too.)

Also, the '--max' is obviously an option, why try to interpret it
as a PID?  Why make the tool obtuser than it needs to be?


Benno

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