=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -r1.4 -r1.5 --- src/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1 1999/07/04 11:53:54 1.4 +++ src/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1 2000/03/04 22:19:23 1.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: getopt.1,v 1.4 1999/07/04 11:53:54 aaron Exp $ -*- nroff -*- +.\" $OpenBSD: getopt.1,v 1.5 2000/03/04 22:19:23 aaron Exp $ -*- nroff -*- .Dd June 21, 1993 .Dt GETOPT 1 .Os @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ ); if a letter is followed by a colon, the option is expected to have an argument which may or may not be -separated from it by white space. +separated from it by whitespace. The special option .Dq \-\- is used to delimit the end of the options. @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ .Xr getopt 3 has. .Pp -Arguments containing white space or embedded shell metacharacters +Arguments containing whitespace or embedded shell metacharacters generally will not survive intact; this looks easy to fix but isn't. .Pp The error message for an invalid option is identified as coming