On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 08:26:13PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Otto Moerbeek wrote on Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 05:41:08PM +0200: > > > Posix does not say anything about the interaction of -i and -f. > > I seem to dimly remember that POSIX says something about the > precedence of conflicting options in general (in general as in: > when there is no specific ruling for a specific utility). > I *think* this had something to do with order, but lack the > time to search for that part of the text right now.
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ Specifically: Guideline 11: The order of different options relative to one another should not matter, unless the options are documented as mutually-exclusive and such an option is documented to override any incompatible options preceding it. -Otto
