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Re: getopt returns '?' in stead of ':' on missing argument
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Ulrich Drepper |
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Re: getopt returns '?' in stead of ':' on missing argument |
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16 Dec 2000 00:27:53 -0800 |
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Rasmus Storjohann <address@hidden> writes:
> getopt returns '?' on all types of errors except if an option that is
> supposed to take an argument is not given an argument. In this case ':' is
> supposed to be returned. When I check this, getopt returns '?' also in
> this case.
No, read the standard. The colon is only returned if the first
character of the optstring argument is a colon.
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