* On 02 Aug 2010, Nicolas Williams wrote: > On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 10:52:01PM -0500, David Champion wrote: > > Syntax has been changed: -a indicates a *list* of attachment files > > ending with "--". I don't recall which version was first to boast this > > new syntax, but it's the problem you're seeing right now even if it's > > not related to the problem you saw earlier. > > > > Try: > > > > mutt -s test -a Bild.jpg -- m...@some.org <body.txt > > I recommend against this use of '--'. It makes it harder to write > wrapper scripts that parse the same arguments using getopt/ getopts, for > example. Sadly, I don't have a counter-proposal, nor am I suggesting > this get ripped out now.
I'm not fond of it either, but there was fairly extensive discussion when it was committed in April 2007. See mutt-users <20070320122350.ga25...@giotto.argoss.nl> and mutt-dev <20070321193650.gb2...@df7cb.de> for thread heads. I think your specific concern may be exempted by the implementation used. -- -D. d...@uchicago.edu IT Services University of Chicago
