Re: Command-line parameters

[Hubert Figuiere]

According to Paul Rohr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 
> I thought that single-dashes *were* a longstanding Unix convention, and that 
> more verbose double-dash equivalents are a more recent GNU augmentation that 
> not everyone likes.  But hey, what do I know. 

Signle dashes are for short and combinable option.
think

tar -zxvf 
or 
ps -auxwf

Double dashes are for long option
Think
./configure --enable-debug

That is the GNU standard, it is consistant and  works.
BTW, Win users expect /option

Hub