Re: rm --p

[Eric Blake]

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According to Jim Meyering on 12/3/2005 2:19 PM:
> Thanks for the prod.
> I don't know of a mechanism in getopt_long to do that.
> But it is worth changing.
> I'll probably just add a leading `-' to the
> undocumented (for-testing-only) option name.

Indeed, rm ---presume-input-tty is quite slick for letting rm --p always
stand for rm --preserve-root.  You should also change tail --p (--pid is
desired, not --presume-input-pipe), and for symmetry, fix head --p (not
ambiguous, but again it should be ---presume-input-pipe for tests only).

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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