On 06/09/10 20:54, Tom Trauth wrote: > Since “-H” can no longer be used as the short option for “--si“ (except > in df) due to the POSIX requirement that it be the short option for > “--dereference-command-line”, could “-M” be used as its replacement? > Neither ls, du, nor df currently have an “-M” option (though ls and du > have “-m”), so it is available in all three commands. Additionally, SI > is colloquially called the Metric system, so “-M” has some mnemonic > value to it. Any thoughts?
Not a bad idea and -M is probably the right choice if we needed a short option. But do we need a short equiv of --si ? I'm 50:50 cheers, Pádraig.
