command line arguments

[John Quarterman]

From: utastro!nather (Ed Nather)

>      Frank da Cruz's new C-Kermit adopts a set of command line argument
> standards that are worth looking at. 
> [...]
> A group of bundled options may end with an option that has an argument.

This creates confusion in using C-Kermit when you want to send an image
file.  For example:

	send -is filename     < ---  works fine
        send -si filename     < ---  bombs the program

I personally find it hard to remember which is which, since they both seem
equally sensible to me.  I would *much* prefer to bundle the flags, then
have those with arguments pick them up in the same order as the flags are
listed.  In the above case, the "-i" flag doesn't take an argument, so I
think it should be processed but should not "shield" the "-s" flag from its
argument.

But what do I know?

Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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