command line options

[David Relson]

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At 07:54 AM 11/8/02, Graham Wilson wrote:

>On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 07:38:35AM -0500, David Relson wrote:
> > config file name on the command line.  I think that might be useful for 
> use
> > to have, perhaps using "-c config_file_name" to name the file.  To 
> indicate
> > no_config_file, I think we could use "-c -" (where "-" is a special name)
> > or use "-C".  Using "-c -" gives special meaning to "-", while "-C" 
> uses an
> > additional option letter.
>
>using -c - would usually mean read the config file from stdin, so i
>suggest that we stay away from that.

Gram,

Yeah.  I know that tar uses "-" to mean stdin or stdout, depending on 
context.  Since bogofilter already uses stdin for message input, it should 
be obvious to users that "-" can't (also) refer to stdin.  However, I can 
see that it's confusing.  I guess you're voting for "-C" ???

David
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