From df8de965608f3054c2fb33fde2795a1887c02b0b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ale <ale@incal.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 12:30:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] clarify usage of --
---
runcron.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/runcron.c b/runcron.c
index 23c5265..8ae60f9 100644
--- a/runcron.c
+++ b/runcron.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ char *lock_dir = "/var/tmp";
int usage() {
fprintf(stderr,
"%s v%s - a cron job wrapper\n"
- "Usage: %s [<OPTIONS>] <COMMAND> [<ARGS>...]\n"
+ "Usage: %s [<OPTIONS>] [--] <COMMAND> [<ARGS>...]\n"
"\n"
"Known options:\n"
"\n"
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ int usage() {
" lock to be released, failing with an error if after SECONDS\n"
" the lock could not be obtained. If set to 0 (the default),\n"
" wait forever. Specifying this option implies --wait.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "If you are passing options to COMMAND, remember to use `--' to tell the runcron\n"
+ "option parser to stop interpreting options for itself.\n"
"\n",
PACKAGE, PACKAGE_VERSION, PACKAGE
);
--
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