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Re: trivial mkpasswd defect


On Wed, 29 May 2002 12:27:15 -0400 Bernard A Badger <bab@vx.com> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf
> > Of Corinna Vinschen
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 11:32 AM
> > To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > Cc: Jon LaBadie
> > Subject: Re: trivial mkpasswd defect
> >
> > On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 10:14:14AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> > > mkpasswd reports '?' is a valid help option but fails to accept it.
> > >
> . . .
> > >         $ mkpasswd -?
> > >         mkpasswd: unknown option -- ?
> >
> > Thanks.  This will go away in the next version.
> 
> I hope you mean that '-?' will work, not that '-?' will be taken out of the
> usage.

In Unix envronments -h is more commonly used for help.  '-?' as an option
is subject to filename expansion which can lead to odd behavior if it isn't
quoted.

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