Unix Programming - Re: Shouldn't getopt_long() return ':' for options requiring an

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Re: Shouldn't getopt_long() return ':' for options requiring an

Måns Rullgård

2005-04-25, 7:55 am

"Eric Lilja" <mindcooler_thisshouldberemoved@gmail.com> writes:

> Thank you, Måns, changing short_options from "" to ":" seems to work, then
> '?' is returned for unknown options and ':' is returned for options that
> require a value but none was supplied. Does this change to short_options
> alter the behaviour in any other way?

If the man page is correct, no.

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