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Re: [patch] Help Option
Robert Collins <rbcollins@cygwin.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 13:02, Max Bowsher wrote:
>
>> Yes, I was actually taking advantage of the fact that the
>> destructors don't fire, because I don't think we should be logging
>> for a help invocation.
>
> Thats orthogonal. Hint to LogFile to not write anything. In fact IIRC
> that is already ready-to-go.
OK.
>> GUI help for command line options! Seems... excessive?
>
> IIRC -mwindows builds don't get a console, so can't output command
> line help.
What do you think I've been copy/pasting ? :-)
max@POMELLO [/mnt/install] $ ./setup-2.296_i.exe -h
-D --download Download from internet
-L --local-install Install from local directory
-s --site Download site
-R --root Root installation directory
-q --quiet-mode Unattended setup mode
-h --help Show this help
-r --no-replaceonreboot Disable replacing in-use files on
next
reboot.
-n --no-shortcuts Disable creation of desktop and
start
menu shortcuts
-N --no-startmenu Disable creation of start menu
shortcut
-d --no-desktop Disable creation of desktop shortcut
-D --disable-buggy-antivirus Disable known or suspected buggy
anti
virus software packages during
execution.
max@POMELLO [/mnt/install] $
Max.