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Document that historic BSD getopt(3) set optopt for each char, not just

on error.
OPENBSD_3_8
millert 19 years ago
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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $OpenBSD: getopt.3,v 1.30 2004/12/22 16:24:53 jmc Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: getopt.3,v 1.31 2005/03/26 22:02:15 millert Exp $
.\"
.Dd December 17, 2002
.Dt GETOPT 3
@ -311,6 +311,19 @@ the
.Ox
.Fn getopt
supports optional arguments separated by whitespace.
.Pp
Historic
.Bx
versions of
.Fn getopt
set
.Fa optopt
to the last option character processed.
However, this conflicts with
.St -p1003.1
which stipulates that
.Fa optopt
be set to the last character that caused an error.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Fn getopt


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