Re: [PATCH] wall: add --group option

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On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Jim Patterson <jimp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The wall command on AIX supports a "-g" option to limit the message
> to a group of users by gid.  Add compatibility to the Linux version.
>
> Thanks to Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx> for an initial skeleton
> implementation.
>
> Reference: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_aix_61/com.ibm.aix.cmds6/wall.htm
> @@ -113,6 +168,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>         static const struct option longopts[] = {
>                 { "nobanner",   no_argument,            0, 'n' },
>                 { "timeout",    required_argument,      0, 't' },
> +               { "group",      required_argument,      0, 'g' },
>                 { "version",    no_argument,            0, 'V' },
>                 { "help",       no_argument,            0, 'h' },
>                 { NULL, 0, 0, 0 }
> @@ -123,7 +179,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>         textdomain(PACKAGE);
>         atexit(close_stdout);
>
> -       while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, "nt:Vh", longopts, NULL)) != -1) {
> +       while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, "nt:g:Vh", longopts, NULL)) != -1) {
>                 switch (ch) {
>                 case 'n':
>                         if (geteuid() == 0)

Wouldn't you know it.  Just after I send this, I noticed that I missed
the usage function.  I'll add that in just a moment and send a revised
patch.

Sorry,
Jim P
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