Re: parted --script /dev/sda mkpartfs primary 228 -0 (problem)

[Jeff Sheffield]

> Stick a -- after the last "real" --option.
thanks! that worked like a charm...
is using "--" to indicate no more options 
a shell thing or a parted thing? I poked around
the LDP bash howto's and could not find reference to "--"

On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 10:19:08PM +1000, Andrew Clausen wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2002 at 06:02:42AM -0500, Jeff Sheffield wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am having problems with the -0 flag on the 
> > command line. (I guess this is really a bash problem)
> > 
> > parted --script /dev/sda mkpartfs primary ext2 228 -0
> > parted: invalid option --   1
> > 
> > now I gather that what is happening is that parted 
> > sees -0 as the next command line argument (like --scripted)
> > so how do I escape that (in bash).
> 
> Stick a -- after the last "real" --option.
> 
> parted --script -- /dev/sda mkpartfs primary ext2 228 -0
> 
> Cheers,
> Andrew
Thanks, 
Jeff

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