Martin Dickopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Martin writes: >>> Apparently, command line programs exist for Microsoft Windows which >>> can only be run successfully if at least one command line option is >>> provided to them. >> >> That's true of Unix and Linux as well. > > Can you cite a Unix or GNU/Linux command line program which has this > property? I cannot think of even one, but maybe that's just my lack of > imagination. :)
You mean like e.g. rmdir and rm: Linux/Debian: $ rmdir rmdir: too few arguments Try `rmdir --help' for more information. $ rm rm: too few arguments Try `rm --help' for more information. UNIX/Solaris 10: % rmdir Usage: rmdir [-ps] dirname ... % rm usage: rm [-fiRr] file ... Dragan -- Dragan Cvetkovic, To be or not to be is true. G. Boole No it isn't. L. E. J. Brouwer !!! Sender/From address is bogus. Use reply-to one !!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
