getopt_long.3 (2298a6e7660d23db767b1ff466fc08e2f9488d49) getopt_long.3 (f2fd86b76ea12bb6557e14f9ab52d4197a1cf99b)
1.\" $OpenBSD: getopt_long.3,v 1.10 2004/01/06 23:44:28 fgsch Exp $
2.\" $NetBSD: getopt_long.3,v 1.14 2003/08/07 16:43:40 agc Exp $
3.\"
4.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993
5.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

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289This functionality is provided for backward compatibility with
290programs, such as
291.Xr su 1 ,
292that use
293.Ql -
294as an option flag.
295This practice is wrong, and should not be used in any current development.
296.El
1.\" $OpenBSD: getopt_long.3,v 1.10 2004/01/06 23:44:28 fgsch Exp $
2.\" $NetBSD: getopt_long.3,v 1.14 2003/08/07 16:43:40 agc Exp $
3.\"
4.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993
5.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
6.\"
7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions

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289This functionality is provided for backward compatibility with
290programs, such as
291.Xr su 1 ,
292that use
293.Ql -
294as an option flag.
295This practice is wrong, and should not be used in any current development.
296.El
297.\" .It
298.\" Handling of
299.\" .Ql ::
300.\" in options string in presence of
301.\" .Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT :
302.\" .Bl -tag -width ".Bx"
303.\" .It Both
304.\" .Tn GNU
305.\" and
306.\" .Bx
307.\" ignore
308.\" .Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT
309.\" here and take
310.\" .Ql ::
311.\" to
312.\" mean the preceding option takes an optional argument.
313.\" .El
297.It
314.It
298Handling of
299.Ql ::
300in options string in presence of
301.Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT :
302.Bl -tag -width ".Bx"
303.It Both
304.Tn GNU
305and
306.Bx
307ignore
308.Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT
309here and take
310.Ql ::
311to
312mean the preceding option takes an optional argument.
313.El
314.It
315Return value in case of missing argument if first character
316(after
317.Ql +
318or
319.Ql - )
320in option string is not
321.Ql \&: :
322.Bl -tag -width ".Bx"

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430set to 0 and
431.Va optarg
432set to
433.Dv NULL
434(as
435.Tn GNU Ns 's
436man page documents).
437.El
315Return value in case of missing argument if first character
316(after
317.Ql +
318or
319.Ql - )
320in option string is not
321.Ql \&: :
322.Bl -tag -width ".Bx"

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430set to 0 and
431.Va optarg
432set to
433.Dv NULL
434(as
435.Tn GNU Ns 's
436man page documents).
437.El
438.\" .It
439.\" The error messages are different.
438.It
440.It
439The error messages are different.
440.It
441.Bx
442does not permute the argument vector at the same points in
443the calling sequence as
444.Tn GNU
445does.
446The aspects normally used by
447the caller (ordering after \-1 is returned, value of
448.Va optind

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442does not permute the argument vector at the same points in
443the calling sequence as
444.Tn GNU
445does.
446The aspects normally used by
447the caller (ordering after \-1 is returned, value of
448.Va optind

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