It was thus said that the Great H.Merijn Brand once stated: > > On Thu, 25 May 2006 09:53:56 -0500 (CDT), sabrina downard <s...@uchicago.edu> > wrote: > > > If you do not have a better use for -h, and you have coded a usage > > statement for --help, then how damned difficult would it be to make -h > > equal to --help? Since you're already going to print a damned error > > telling me to use --help instead? > > Sorry, I disagree. And I have never liked -h to be help. > IMHO it should be either -? or --help, and -help could be acceptable
Notice she said "if you do not have a better use for -h." Me? The stuff I write will print a help message if any options given aren't supported. But I agree with Sabrina: GenericUnixPrompt> mv -h mv: invalid option -- h Try `mv --help' for more information. Um? Okay, it's an invalid switch. You detected it's an invalid switch. You printed an error as such. -spc (What I hate is when the man page says "Use info")