GNU bug report logs - #42495
Option not working in scripting mode.

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Package: parted;

Reported by: Sachiel2008 <Sachiel2008 <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 19:05:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>

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From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl <at> redhat.com>
To: 42495-close <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42495: Option not working in scripting mode.
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:52:17 -0700

On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 06:14:35PM +0000, Sachiel2008 via Bug reports for the GNU Parted disk partition editor wrote:
> Seems like I accidentally deleted the last sentence. When I try the second chunk of commands, I get a invalid option error.
> 
> Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com) Secure Email.
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> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> On Thursday, July 23, 2020 6:13 PM, Sachiel2008 <Sachiel2008 <at> protonmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Dear GNU
> >
> > I found the following command op the internet:
> >
> >> root <at> localhost # parted -a optimal /dev/sda
> >> (parted) unit mib
> >> (parted) mkpart primary 515 -1
> >
> > However, when I try to turn it into a part of a script like this:
> >
> >> root <at> localhost # parted --script /dev/sda mkpart primary 515 -1

You need to pass -- so that the argument parser won't try to turn -1
into an option:

 parted --script -- /dev/sda mkpart primary 515 -1

Brian

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Brian C. Lane (PST8PDT) - weldr.io - lorax - parted - pykickstart
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