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Coreutils needs a man page


From: jesse wilson
Subject: Coreutils needs a man page
Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 17:16:40 -0700

The man pages for the various coreutils do not mention the "--" method
of delimiting the
options list. Someone who finds a directory on their system named
-<whatever> will
not be able to figure out how to inspect it using ls or cd into it
just by reading the
manpages for those utilities. The rm manpage does mention it, but it
seems likely
someone finding such a directory will want to inspect it before
deleting it. Since "--" is a
common option of the coreutils, the best way of ensuring that someone
reading their
respective manpages always has access to that information, without redundantly
pointing it out in every manpage, is to have a coreutils manpage that
describes the
common options of the coreutils programs and is referenced by the
manpages of the
individual coreutils programs.




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