This was also a problem with the original Avalon CLI code. It was fixed in the updated version submitted via Bugzilla:
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34672 The problem was that "-" was being treated as special even when collecting text for the current option value. S. On 7/8/05, Rob Oxspring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm, this is interesting as negatives will look a lot like real > options... will have a look over the weekend sometime and get back to you. > > Rob > > Nigel Rantor wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I've had a bit of a root about and can't find anyone mention of this in > > the docs or on the MARC archives. > > > > I'm using CLI for a few things and I'd now like to be able to have an > > option accept negative numbers. > > > > I looked for docs on the parsers and basically found nothing other than > > the "Usage Scenarios" which while useful as an into aren't really > > detailed enough to qualify as documentation. > > > > So I played with quoting negative numbers in different ways and had no joy. > > > > So, here I am. How do I get a PosixParser to accept negative numbers as > > the value for an option? Is this simply not supported by the parser? Are > > there better parser docs somewhere? Could they be linked into the site > > if they're not? > > > > Cheers, > > > > n > > > > p.s. Keep up the good work > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
