bug#34026: mention that long options aren't always as good as short options

2019-01-09 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
Yes do warn in the manual, as here root (so no $HOME) expected tilde expansion... Thanks.

bug#34026: mention that long options aren't always as good as short options

2019-01-09 Thread Eric Blake
On 1/9/19 7:47 PM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > On (info "(coreutils) Common options") > mention that, though clearer, long options aren't always as good as short > options, > $ touch --reference=~jidanni/.pcmanx /cf/pcmanx_time > touch: failed to get attributes of '~jidanni/.pcmanx/pcmanx': No such

bug#34026: mention that long options aren't always as good as short options

2019-01-09 Thread 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
On (info "(coreutils) Common options") mention that, though clearer, long options aren't always as good as short options, $ touch --reference=~jidanni/.pcmanx /cf/pcmanx_time touch: failed to get attributes of '~jidanni/.pcmanx/pcmanx': No such file or directory Unless one removes the '=': $ touc