Chet Ramey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's what the `--' first argument is for: don't treat any remaining > arguments as possible options.
Does printf have any options? If not is there any point in giving an error in this case? ISTM SUSv3 requires the first argument to be a format string, regardless of whether it starts with "-". That's how coreutils does it. paul _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash