>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Dec 6 00:41:54 2001
>.....
>> STAR Option Description Gnu
>tar equiv. Remarks
>> =========== ===========
>============= ===================
>.....
>> file=nm,f=nm use 'nm' as tape instead of stdin/stdout -f
> close to identical
>May be close to identical in function, but not in convenience
>What about f=*.[ch] or f=something<tab to expand or ^d to list>
>.....
>> C=dir perform a chdir to 'dir' before storing next file
> -C identical
>Unconvenient, see above
So you obviously never used star and are only writing about your prejudices.
an option usage
f=value
May be written in the following ways:
f=value
-f=value
f= value
-f= value
-f value
-fvalue
getargs() is a lot more flexible than getopt() and it is even older than
getopt().
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