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Re: md5sum returns unrecognized option when using arg --string=


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: md5sum returns unrecognized option when using arg --string=
Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 03:51:43 +0000

> Syntax change? seems to work fine on my older boxen.

This option was removed in revision 1.128 in CVS, Sept 19 2004,
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/coreutils/src/md5sum.c?rev=1.144&root=coreutils&view=log,
with a comment that 'Remove support for undocumented and
obsolete --string option, as suggested in the 1996-09-26 patch.'

See also http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2004-09/msg00122.html

-- 
Eric Blake




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