Re: zargs doesn't work reliably

["Nikolai Weibull" <now@xxxxxxxx>]

On 8/18/06, Mikael Magnusson <mikachu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Usage: zargs [options --] [input-args] [-- command [initial-args]]
>
> % touch -- -- -+
> % zargs -- * -- ls -d
> (eval):2: command not found: -+
> % zargs * -- ls -d
> ls: invalid option -- +
> Try `ls --help' for more information.
> % zargs * ls -d
> -+ ls -d
>
> since input-args is the only part you do not control, it should come
> last, like so
> Usage: zargs [options --] [command [initial-args]] -- [input-args]
> A problem is how to give -- as initial-args then, maybe someone less
> tired can come up with something?

Well, all you'd need to worry about is whether it's the first, second,
or third -- on the line.  Still, isn't doing something like

 % zargs ./* -- ls -d

easier than changing the semantics of zargs option-parsing?

 nikolai