Both --option and -option formats are accepted. Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx> --- term-utils/setterm.1 | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/term-utils/setterm.1 b/term-utils/setterm.1 index 5b843dc..995e1c9 100644 --- a/term-utils/setterm.1 +++ b/term-utils/setterm.1 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ .\" Undocumented: -snow, -softscroll, -standout; these are .\" commented out in the source .\" -.TH SETTERM 1 "January 2000" "util-linux" "User Commands" +.TH SETTERM 1 "May 2014" "util-linux" "User Commands" .SH NAME setterm \- set terminal attributes .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -196,6 +196,16 @@ Display version information and exit. .TP .BR \-\-help Display help text and exit. +.SH COMPATIBILITY +Since version 2.25 the +.B setterm +has supported long options with two hyphens, for example +.BR \-\-help , +aside with single hyphen options, for example +.BR \-help . +In scripts it is better to use backward compatibile single hyphen rather +than two hyphens. Currently there are no plans or good reasons to +discontinue single hyphen compatibility. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR tput (1), .BR stty (1), -- 1.9.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
