Michael J Gruber <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Now, usage messages are displayed on specific request (-h) as well as > when a command is used with wrong arguments. So the classification > depends on the use case! But I reckon that even with '-h', usage strings > are not exactly "regular output", so stderr looks more natural to me. Usage info specifically requested by the user is not error output, it is the output of the command. It should be output to stdout, not stderr. [Note that for GNU progs, this behavior is explicitly required by the GNU coding standards, and I think it's a pretty reasonable rule.] -miles -- o The existentialist, not having a pillow, goes everywhere with the book by Sullivan, _I am going to spit on your graves_. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html