Aihlpb.112 net.unix-wizards utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!harpo!cbosg!ihnss!ihlpb!krstan Tue Jan 12 13:02:20 1982 Re: getopt(3) There is a getopt(1) here at IH that can be used in the same manner, so shell commands do a 'set -- `getopt optstring $*` ' to get the options line parsed in a standard manner. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.