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correction to list of option names
From: |
Iain Calder |
Subject: |
correction to list of option names |
Date: |
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:23:10 -0400 |
I found some errors in the table of long options in the
GNU coding standard at:
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html
Old text:
`file'
`-f' in info, gawk, Make, mt, and tar; `-n' in sed; `-r' in touch.
New text:
`file'
`-f' in info, gawk, sed, make, mt, and tar.
`reference'
`-r' file to use as timestamp source in touch.
Explanation:
* The option to specify a script file in sed(1) is -f,
same as for gawk, make, etc. sed's -n option does
something else.
* Also, make(1) is misspelled. It should be lower case.
* Finally, the long option name for touch(1)'s -r option
is --reference. touch doesn't have a --file option,
The cause of the confusion is probably that the argument
to -r is a file.
-ic
--
Iain Calder <address@hidden> Toronto, Canada
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