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authorBenno Schulenberg2014-12-22 22:57:17 +0100
committerKarel Zak2015-01-06 11:27:38 +0100
commit451dbcfae1406f526208faf6033d6dcc8ac100da (patch)
tree594265cfbfad9989191ae3df877d7e6c300699a8 /misc-utils/getopt.c
parentchsh: keep struct options in .rodata (diff)
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textual: add a docstring to most of the utilities
This adds a concise description of a tool to its usage text. A first form of this patch was proposed by Steven Honeyman (see http://www.spinics.net/lists/util-linux-ng/msg09994.html). Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
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diff --git a/misc-utils/getopt.c b/misc-utils/getopt.c
index 85cac32a1..c166fd756 100644
--- a/misc-utils/getopt.c
+++ b/misc-utils/getopt.c
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ static void __attribute__ ((__noreturn__)) print_help(void)
" %1$s [options] -o|--options <optstring> [options] [--] <parameters>\n"),
program_invocation_short_name);
+ fputs(USAGE_SEPARATOR, stderr);
+ fputs(_("Parse command options.\n"), stderr);
+
fputs(USAGE_OPTIONS, stderr);
fputs(_(" -a, --alternative allow long options starting with single -\n"), stderr);
fputs(_(" -l, --longoptions <longopts> the long options to be recognized\n"), stderr);