On 18-07-2012 15:58:18 -0400, Michael Mol wrote: > > along with all other commands can work like before. > > > > /etc/init.d/foo stop -- start > > > > can pass start as an argument to the stop command. > > I like this approach, because its use of -- continues expected > commandline parsing behaviors from other commands, making it > intuitive. > > I.e. > > touch -- -an-ugly-filename > ls -l -- -an-ugly-filename > rm -- -an-ugly-filename
yeah, but it means something like "don't treat the '-' as anything special any more", so if you don't have something starting with -, you don't need --. Hence, following your "expected" behaviour argument, /etc/init.d/foo stop start would do the same as /etc/init.d/foo stop -- start or /etc/init.d/foo -- stop start Perhaps, one better makes it explicit, inspired by gdb /etc/init.d/foo stop --args aggressive-kill=yes (and when using --args, I'd probably disallow using multiple commands to keep it clear what's going on) Fabian -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level
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