On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 5:55 PM Jon Ribbens via Python-list <
python-list@python.org> wrote:
> On 2021-04-20, Paul Rubin wrote:
> > Ethan Furman writes:
> >> List, my apologies -- not sure how that one got through.
> >
> > It was trollishly written but was a reasonable observation on the state
>
On 2021-04-20, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Ethan Furman writes:
>> List, my apologies -- not sure how that one got through.
>
> It was trollishly written but was a reasonable observation on the state
> of the Usenet group. I didn't realize it had come through (or reached)
> the mailing list. Anyway the
Sidestepping the wording of "options" is the very real fact that providing
names for even required parts can be helpful in many cases.
There re programs that may not require anything on the command line to be
done but many need something to provide some flexibility.
So, I tend to agree that in ma
> On 19 Apr 2021, at 22:49, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>
> On 19Apr2021 23:13, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
>>> On 2021-04-19 08:54:06 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>>> My personal preference is lock directories. Shell version goes like
>>> this:
>>>
>>>if mkdir /my/lock/directory/name-of-task
>>>
On 19Apr2021 23:13, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
>On 2021-04-19 08:54:06 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
>> My personal preference is lock directories. Shell version goes like
>> this:
>>
>> if mkdir /my/lock/directory/name-of-task
>> then
>>.. do task ..
>>rmdir /my/lock/directory
On 2021-04-19 08:54:06 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> My personal preference is lock directories. Shell version goes like
> this:
>
> if mkdir /my/lock/directory/name-of-task
> then
>.. do task ..
>rmdir /my/lock/directory/name-of-task
> else
> echo "lock /my/lo
On 2021-04-19 08:04:10 +1200, dn via Python-list wrote:
> In a similar situation, one of my teams used an (OpSys) environment
> variable (available in both *nux and MS-Win).
> - when the application starts, it checks for the variable
> - if exists, stops running, else may proceed
That doesn't work
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 12:36 PM Grant Edwards
wrote:
> On 2021-04-19, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 2:55 AM Loris Bennett <
> loris.benn...@fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> >
> >> However, the options -o, -u, and -g are required, not optional.
> >>
> >> The documentation
> >>
> >> ht
On 4/19/21 11:22 AM, Unbreakable Disease wrote:
[offensive drivel]
List, my apologies -- not sure how that one got through.
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On 2021-04-19, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 2:55 AM Loris Bennett
> wrote:
>
>> However, the options -o, -u, and -g are required, not optional.
>>
>> The documentation
>>
>> https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#required
>>
>> advises against required options and he
On 19.04.2021 17:37, JWS wrote:
On Monday, April 19, 2021 at 11:44:11 AM UTC-5, Unbreakable Disease wrote:
almost no useful posts here for almost a year. is python dying?
I can't tell what group you are referencing.
comp.lang.python is still active.
I'm doing a tkinter project now.
Active for
On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 4:18 AM Bill Campbell wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021, Loris Bennett wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have various small programs which tend to have an interface like the
> >following example:
> >
> > usage: grocli [-h] [-o {check,add,delete}] [-u USERS [USERS ...]] [-g
> > GROUP]
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021, Loris Bennett wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have various small programs which tend to have an interface like the
>following example:
>
> usage: grocli [-h] [-o {check,add,delete}] [-u USERS [USERS ...]] [-g GROUP]
I would do this with the action is first argument.
Usage: grocli
On 2021-04-19 16:38:24 -, Jon Ribbens via Python-list wrote:
> On 2021-04-19, Paul Bryan wrote:
> > Calling them options—when they're required—seems like a problem. 🙂
>
> The option is what the value is, not whether there is a value at all.
> If you order a coffee then you may have an option
On 2021-04-19, Paul Bryan wrote:
> Calling them options—when they're required—seems like a problem. 🙂
The option is what the value is, not whether there is a value at all.
If you order a coffee then you may have an option as to what temperature
it is, that doesn't mean the coffee having a tempera
I guess maybe it seems like a problem to someone who hasn't used command
line tools much, based solely on a simplistic interpretation of the
terminology.
But strictly speaking, they're "command line options", or better "command
line arguments", not "options".
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 9:30 AM Paul
Calling them options—when they're required—seems like a problem. 🙂
On Mon, 2021-04-19 at 09:04 -0700, Dan Stromberg wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 2:55 AM Loris Bennett
>
> wrote:
>
> > However, the options -o, -u, and -g are required, not optional.
> >
> > The documentation
> >
> > https:
On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 2:55 AM Loris Bennett
wrote:
> However, the options -o, -u, and -g are required, not optional.
>
> The documentation
>
> https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#required
>
> advises against required options and here
>
>
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24180
> On 19 Apr 2021, at 10:57, Loris Bennett wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have various small programs which tend to have an interface like the
> following example:
>
> usage: grocli [-h] [-o {check,add,delete}] [-u USERS [USERS ...]] [-g GROUP]
>
> Command line grouper tool
>
> optional arguments:
> On 18 Apr 2021, at 14:46, Jason Friedman wrote:
>
> I should state at the start that I have a solution to my problem. I am
> writing to see if there is a better solution.
>
> I have a program that runs via crontab every five minutes. It polls a
> Box.com folder for files and, if any are fou
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Gisle Vanem writes:
> Loris Bennett wrote:
>
>>usage: grocli [-h] [-o {check,add,delete}] [-u USERS [USERS ...]] [-g
>> GROUP]
>>
>>Command line grouper tool
>>
>>optional arguments:
>> -h, --helpshow this help message and exit
>> -o {check,add,delete}, --operat
On 19/04/2021 11:52, Loris Bennett wrote:
Hi,
I have various small programs which tend to have an interface like the
following example:
usage: grocli [-h] [-o {check,add,delete}] [-u USERS [USERS ...]] [-g GROUP]
Command line grouper tool
optional arguments:
-h, --help
Loris Bennett wrote:
usage: grocli [-h] [-o {check,add,delete}] [-u USERS [USERS ...]] [-g GROUP]
Command line grouper tool
optional arguments:
-h, --helpshow this help message and exit
-o {check,add,delete}, --operation {check,add,delete}
Hi,
I have various small programs which tend to have an interface like the
following example:
usage: grocli [-h] [-o {check,add,delete}] [-u USERS [USERS ...]] [-g GROUP]
Command line grouper tool
optional arguments:
-h, --helpshow this help message and exit
-o {check,
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