Ah yes -do is the same as -d -o, overlooked that. Looks like most the alphabet is already taken, o is taken, n is taken, l is taken, is y still available? (Am I seeing this right, only -e and -y are still unused?)
On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Eric Blake <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/10/2015 01:09 PM, Sneeh, Eddie wrote: > > > Since these switches are already taken to do other things, what do you > > think about this: > > % ls -fo (list files only) > > % ls -lo (list links only) > > % ls -do (list directories only) > > Won't work. 'ls -o' is already a valid command, so 'ls -fo' is the same > as 'ls -o -f' or 'ls -f -o'. You can't start a long-option name with a > single dash; at least, not in coreutils which uses getopt_long() (there > are some exceptions, like gcc, which use getopt_long_only() for > historical reasons, and which therefore can spell long options with a > single dash if there is no ambiguity, but use of getopt_long_only() is > not recommended in new programs). > > -- > Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 > Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org > > -- Best Regards, *Eddie Sneeh*
