Command-line arguments

[Lars Ivar Igesund]

Christopher Wright wrote:

> Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
>> superdan wrote:
>>> then parse this using tango arguments please:
>>>
>>> ssh -v ls -la
>>>
>>> thanks.
>> 
>> Everything until ls is easy (including the hostname which is required by
>> ssh), but it appears to ignore the -la part which I have noted to the
>> implementors. I believe I did say that although the requirments document
>> (I probably wrongly said design document) mandates that this should be
>> possible, the implementation and design is not fully reviewed yet and may
>> have bugs.
>> 
>> The order is completely preserved and enforcable though.
>> 
> 
> What about "ssh -v -- ls -la", I wonder.
> 
> Actually, I don't wonder. The documentation says that the empty -- is
> ignored. That's contrary to normal UNIX usage; everything after the "--"
> should be interpreted as an argument rather than a flag.

I agree that part should be available to the user.

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