On Sat, Jun 09, 2007 at 09:34:55AM +0200, adrian15 wrote: > 6) Compulsory Argument dilemma > ================================ > If I run help I can seen things like this: > > ls [-f|-l|-s] NAME > > and > > [ EXPRESSION ] > > > If [ ] means optional it should also mean optional in the case of the > test alias [ .!!!
Yes, this is inconsistent, but both bracket sets come from very stablished usage (the [ command at least is ancient). Also, this inconsistency is not specific to GRUB, and cannot be fixed without adding another (IMHO worse) inconsistency, which is not being analogous to the GNU command-line environment. -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
