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Re: du --files-from feature request


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: du --files-from feature request
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:29:51 -0700
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According to Eric Blake on 12/6/2008 8:06 AM:
>> this by determining what the (possibly multi byte) newline sequence is
>> and make a --from-files work?
> 
> --from-files0 (although, the way getopt works, you can use unambiguous
> abbreviations, so --from-files is shorthand for --from-files0, meaning
> that you still plan on using NUL terminators rather than newline terminators).

Sorry if I added confusion to the conversation - the correct option
spelling is --files0-from, and you have to abbreviate to --files before
you lose the mnemonically important 0.

- --
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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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