Phil Dyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Martin Dickopp said: >> John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Martin writes: >>>> Apparently, command line programs exist for Microsoft Windows which >>>> can only be run successfully if at least one command line option is >>>> provided to them. >>> >>> That's true of Unix and Linux as well. >> >> Can you cite a Unix or GNU/Linux command line program which has this >> property? I cannot think of even one, but maybe that's just my lack of >> imagination. :) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] scripts]# tar > tar: You must specify one of the `-Acdtrux' options
Very good! I had indeed not thought of 'tar'. Thanks! Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]