On Fri, 3 Apr 2015 08:19:19 -0300
Prog Rider <progrider2_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> "The echo utility shall not recognize the "--" argument in the manner
> specified by Guideline 10 of XBD Utility Syntax Guidelines; "--" shall
> be recognized as a string operand."
Hey Prog (?),
we read the POSIX spec very closely. The general idea is that the -- should
not be interpreted for utilities that have no flags.
Echo in its basic form has no flags (as specified by POSIX), but we added
the -n flag.
For the sake of consistency, as echo(1) now is a tool accepting flags,
we decided to drop the behaviour specified by POSIX, but are very well aware
this is a difficult matter of discussion.
Cheers
FRIGN
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FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de>
Received on Fri Apr 03 2015 - 13:29:41 CEST