The following reply was made to PR general/2714; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Koga Youichirou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: general/2714: Command line option '-?' doesn't work. Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 23:01:33 -0700 (PDT) On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Koga Youichirou wrote: > Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > What do you mean by "error message"? > > > > > > > > I get: > > > > > > > > httpd: illegal option -- ? > > > > > > This line is error message of getopt(). > > > > So? I still really don't see the problem. It tells you to use -? to get > > a list of options, -? gives you a list of options. > > "-?" is NOT an illegal option as the manual says, so that httpd should > not show such error message. It is just a matter of semantics. The docs say -? gives a list of options, and it does. It was designed this way so that -? is reserved as an "invalid option" that can be and has been documented as the thing to use to end up with a list of options.
