As reported in <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67432>, it is easy to
confuse -0 with -O. Give a hint to translators.
* xargs/xargs.c (main): Add TRANSLATORS hints.
---
xargs/xargs.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/xargs/xargs.c b/xargs/xargs.c
index fef0b597..fe5d9313 100644
--- a/xargs/xargs.c
+++ b/xargs/xargs.c
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
if (eof_str && (read_args == read_string))
{
+ /* TRANSLATORS: -0 == "--null", not option "o". */
error (0, 0,
_("warning: the -E option has no effect if -0 or -d is used.\n"));
}
@@ -940,6 +941,7 @@ read_line (void)
if (state == QUOTE)
{
exec_if_possible ();
+ /* TRANSLATORS: -0 == "--null", not option "o". */
error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
_("unmatched %s quote; by default quotes are special to "
"xargs unless you use the -0 option"),
@@ -1035,6 +1037,7 @@ read_line (void)
if (c == '\n')
{
exec_if_possible ();
+ /* TRANSLATORS: -0 == "--null", not option "o". */
error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0,
_("unmatched %s quote; by default quotes are special to "
"xargs unless you use the -0 option"),
--
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