Hi,
On 17/09/05 20:01, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
We'll all have to remember to use --help long option if -h is not going
to be consistent then.
Your argument really doesn't make any sense. -h is used for other
things than getting a usage message in GNU tools, making -h a alias
for --help in some GNU tools would only lead to utter confusion.
Right now all you have to remeber is `--help', where as with your
proposal you'll have to remeber that objcopy's -h produces a usage
message, df outputs things in a human readable format, string outputs
a usage message, tar dereferences symbolic links, etc etc etc.
Sorry, but --help is consistent, -h is not. -? is infact more common
than -h since argp uses this as a alias for --help.
My point is for consistency, it is unclear what the strategy is with -h
in GNU tools, perhaps only a partial idea to use -h for help in some tools.
-h has ended up being used for other purposes than help in GNU tools.
The fact remains that -h is often used for help in GNU tools, but not in
all cases. So I think GNU tools should be consistant, be that in having
a -h option for help, or not using -h option for help in some GNU tools.
If the strategy is actually to only have --help, perhaps GNU should
define that somehwere, as obviously at present many GNU tools are
supporting the -h option for help.
I don't mind either way, but things should be consitent which ever way
it is.
Kind regards
JG
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