On Tue, 27 Dec 2016 15:14:44 +0100 Mattias Andrée <maand...@kth.se> wrote:
Hey Mattias, > POSIX says “--” should be supported unless stated otherwise. > I interpret that standard saying that this also applies utilities > that do not take any flags. And to be on the safe side I think > it is a good idea to support “--” for two reasons: (1) existing > scripts may require it, and (2) if POSIX adds a flag to the > utility in the future we must support “--” now, otherwise > compatibility will be broken. so what about "echo --"? Cheers Laslo -- Laslo Hunhold <d...@frign.de>
