----- Original Message ----- From: "John Keyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 1:13 PM Subject: Command Line Interface
> I have just read a document[1] that details the recommended approach > to writing Java command lines. I know that it is unlikely that ant will > change its command line interface but I was wondering what the general > approach to *recommended* standards are. I know that just because > something is recommended it is not necessarily correct so please don't > get zealous about who has recommended this :-) > > Cheers, > -John K > > [1] > http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/attributes/_posix.html the trouble with the posix standard is that it works only if all attributes are one letter long. go to two letters and the whole -abcd coalescing game falls flat on its face. So we choose to follow the other path, that of verbose parameters, although -f is there for makefile consistency -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
