Subject: bug#10458: 24.0.92; ! in dired on a file starting with a hyphen

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:40:25 -0500

AFAIK, -- is supported only by GNU getopt (and maybe compatibles).  I
    think there's no guarantee that an arbitrary program will support it.

If you encounter a program that doesn't use GNU getopt
or equivalent, please suggest adopting that feature.
It would be convenient for users if all programs supported it.

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