Hi George,

> A friend just told me and I confirmed that most long command line options
> work if they are trimmed! So "slapt-get --search name" also works like
> "slapt-get --searc name" or "slapt-get --sear" name or even "slapt-get --se
> name". Works with most other long options too. I really don't know if that's
> a bug or a feature, or if you already know about this, but since it's not
> mentioned in the man page, I thought I'd report it.

This is actually a feature of getopt(3) that slapt-get uses.

"Long option names may be abbreviated if the abbreviation is unique or is an exact match for
some defined option."


take care,
jason
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Jason Woodward
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