wok diff popt/description.txt @ rev 24964
updated net-tools (1.60 -> 2.10)
author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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date | Sun Apr 24 16:42:03 2022 +0100 (2022-04-24) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/popt/description.txt Sun Apr 24 16:42:03 2022 +0100 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ 1.4 +Popt was heavily influenced by the getopt() and getopt_long() functions, but it 1.5 +allows more powerful argument expansion. It can parse arbitrary argv[] style 1.6 +arrays and automatically set variables based on command line arguments. It also 1.7 +allows command line arguments to be aliased via configuration files and includes 1.8 +utility functions for parsing arbitrary strings into argv[] arrays using 1.9 +shell-like rules.