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From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH ethtool 5/5] ethtool: Add --version option
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 21:49:12 +0000
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On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 16:35 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> On 02/22/2011 08:05 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > Le mardi 22 f=C3=A9vrier 2011 =C3=A0 12:37 +0000, Ben Hutchings a =C3=
=A9crit :
> >> On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 22:16 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> >> [...]
> >>> The standard convention is to use -V for short form of version op=
tion.
> >>
> >> This is not anywhere near standard.
> >>
> >> $ cp -V
> >> cp: invalid option -- 'V'
> >> Try `cp --help' for more information.
> >> $ bash -V
> >> bash: -V: invalid option
> >> [...]
> >> $ emacs -V
> >> [opens window]
> >> $ vim -V
> >> chdir(/usr/share/vim)
> >> fchdir() to previous dir
> >> sourcing "$VIM/vimrc"
> >> [...looks like that meant 'verbose'...]
> >
> > Now try with networking tools, many use -V
> >
> > (As a matter of fact, ethtool -h already is used to display help)
> >
> > # ping -V
> > ping utility, iputils-sss20071127
> > # tc -V
> > tc utility, iproute2-ss100823
> > # ssh -V
> > OpenSSH_5.1p1 Debian-5, OpenSSL 0.9.8g 19 Oct 2007
>=20
> Stephen is correct, "-V" is a common standard (but by no means=20
> universal).  The following is what using argp ("info argp") generates=
=20
> for any program by default:
[...]

Well, it's my bikeshed now. :-)  I don't think it's worth using one of
the few remaining letters on this.

Ben.

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