"Daniel B." wrote: > Similarly, if you try "watch --interval=xx echo", you get no report > that "xx" is not a valid number, or is not a valid interval value. It > seems that option-parsing messages aren't getting printed out.
I get the usage summary displayed as a result of that command, which is the normal behavior when an option can't be parsed. > Apparently, the -d option code thinks -d takes an argument (taking the > "ls" > as that argument, leaving only "dir" as the apparent command to run(. Yes, it seems there is a getopt issue. But you can work around it by using the long form: "watch --differences echo" works OK. Brian -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
