Module Name: src
Committed By: dsl
Date: Sat Nov 28 20:36:45 UTC 2009
Modified Files:
src/usr.bin/getopt: getopt.1
Log Message:
Add a note telling people to use the shell getopts builtin.
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.17 -r1.18 src/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1
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Modified files:
Index: src/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1
diff -u src/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1:1.17 src/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1:1.18
--- src/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1:1.17 Wed Mar 11 13:53:30 2009
+++ src/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1 Sat Nov 28 20:36:45 2009
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: getopt.1,v 1.17 2009/03/11 13:53:30 joerg Exp $
-.Dd November 9, 2000
+.\" $NetBSD: getopt.1,v 1.18 2009/11/28 20:36:45 dsl Exp $
+.Dd November 28, 2009
.Dt GETOPT 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
.Dq \-
and in its own shell argument;
each option argument is also in its own shell argument.
+.Pp
+.Nm
+should not be used in new scripts, use the shell builtin
+.Nm getopts
+instead.
.Sh EXAMPLES
The following code fragment shows how one might process the arguments
for a command that can take the options
