On Thu, 2013-08-01 at 17:59 +0100, Jeremy Nicoll - ml get_iplayer wrote: > Then I realised that that implies that "-force" has been parsed as if it > meant an "-fo" parameter with value "rce". Or more likely that the parser > for options starting with just a single hyphen 'stacks' them? So it WAS a > case of the leading "-f" of "-force" being treated as -f, then the rest > being treated as "-orce" (meaning override the output dir to "rce")?
Yeah, unix-y programs do that sometimes, but Windows native stuff never does. When coming to the world of FOSS things can be a bit odd if a person is primed with Windows (or even DOS) paradigms. Unix-y software often has short and long options, g_ip is one, and so they do have to be entered correctly. I think there are formal standards or rules with GNU tools or software, and stuff with BSD heritage. Nick _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
