GNU bug report logs - #34026
doc: explain long-vs-short options

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 03:48:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: 34026 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34026: mention that long options aren't always as good as short options
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 09:47:38 +0800

On (info "(coreutils) Common options")
mention that, though clearer, long options aren't always as good as short options,
$ touch --reference=~jidanni/.pcmanx /cf/pcmanx_time
touch: failed to get attributes of '~jidanni/.pcmanx/pcmanx': No such file or directory
Unless one removes the '=':
$ touch --reference ~jidanni/.pcmanx/pcmanx /cf/pcmanx_time
$
(due to the shell helping out with "~...")
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