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No, command tools should follow the POSIX standards, not GNU.
by marxisttemp 2y ago
No, command tools should follow the POSIX standards, not GNU.
- masklinn 2y agoYou're almost right. No command tools should follow the POSIX standard. A standard which all but forbids long options deserves only scorn.
- NekkoDroid 2y agoPOSIX doesn't even provide any utilities to write long opts and it also doesn't even define any long opts for basically any of its commands, so by default it is barely usable in maintainable scripts.
- greyw 2y agoPOSIX doesnt even define long opts. I conciously dont follow POSIX these days. The standard will adapt once enough pressure has built up as they mostly document existing things instead of innovate. So I need to apply pressure.