Eric Blake <e...@byu.net> wrote: > According to Adam Jimerson on 12/27/2008 8:36 AM: >>> Thanks for the report. However, coreutils use GNU getopt semantics, where >>> unambiguous abbreviations of long options are recognized. Therefore, you >>> need not type the full name, and can get by with: >> >>> rmdir --i >> >> If that is the case then can that be added to ether the help, man, or >> info pages? I am using openSUSE 11.0 with version 6.11 of the GNU Core >> Utilities and non of those pages said that you can shorten it to just >> --i making me think that I had to type the whole thing. > > The info pages would be the right place. This is not specific to > coreutils - ALL clients of getopt_long have this behavior. But you are > indeed correct that enhancing the 'info coreutils "Common options"' page > to mention that most coreutils understand unambiguous abbreviations would > be a nice addition. > > Jim, okay to apply this?
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