On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 2:19 AM, BartC <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > OK, but you go first: how does a Linux program tell the difference between: > > A B C > > which signifies three files, and: > > A B C > > which means two files, and an option C? And without using escapes!
The option would be called "-C", which means you need only distinguish between filenames *that begin with a hyphen* and options. Given that this is fundamentally ambiguous, the solution has to be at the application level, and by convention, you can say "-- A B -C" to mean that these are all file names, or you can put an explicit path on it "A B ./-C". Does a leading "./" count as an escape? ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
