| commit | dfa1ee2040308be41839c1a00c4661d4fc181494 | |
| author | James O. D. Hunt <jamesodhunt@gmail.com> | |
| Sun, 9 May 2021 20:19:43 +0000 (9 22:19 +0200) | ||
| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | |
| Sun, 9 May 2021 21:09:11 +0000 (10 09:09 +1200) | ||
| tree | 6093de0d06da12f8cc1da9f686344673f232dd2b | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | f729c4f36e59d4ccd76ba6cdc142b9aaed6fe2d6 | commitdiff |
getopt.3: Clarify behaviour
Improved the `getopt(3)` man page in the following ways:
1) Defined the existing term "legitimate option character".
2) Added an additional NOTE stressing that arguments are parsed in strict
order and the implications of this when numeric options are utilised.
Signed-off-by: James O. D. Hunt <jamesodhunt@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Improved the `getopt(3)` man page in the following ways:
1) Defined the existing term "legitimate option character".
2) Added an additional NOTE stressing that arguments are parsed in strict
order and the implications of this when numeric options are utilised.
Signed-off-by: James O. D. Hunt <jamesodhunt@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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