On 08/09/2012 04:40 PM, michael....@mgb.ch wrote: > Hi > > I cannot get negative numbers to work in command line mode: > > # ./parted -v > parted (GNU parted) 3.1 > [...] > # ./parted /dev/cciss/c0d2 mkpart primary 1GiB -1s > /root/parted-3.1/parted/.libs/parted: invalid option -- '1'
Put a '--' between the last real option and the '-1s' - this tells teh getopt that parted uses that any remaining '-' prefixed strings are not really options and should not be treated as such (same as doing "grep -- '-1'" for e.g.): $ sudo parted /dev/loop1 mkpart primary 1GiB -1s parted: invalid option -- '1' $ sudo parted /dev/loop1 mkpart primary 1GiB -- -1s $ echo $? 0 Regards, Bryn.
