[Gnu-arch-users] Re: filename issues

[Miles Bader]

Thomas Lord <address@hidden> writes:
>       --prefix=/usr/scratch
>
>   The mandatory `=' in that syntax breaks the usual rule that a filename
>   completer can scan backwards for whitespace and count everything back
>   to that point as filename.
>
>   That's why, when I wrote the option parser for package-framework, 
>   I made sure to add support for an alternative syntax:
>
>       --prefix /usr/scratch

GNU getopt has supported the "--option FOO" syntax for long options as
long as I can remember.  I think people tend to write the "=" syntax in
documentation because it's prettier, but both are equally valid in
usage.

-Miles
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