[Info-vax] DIR/DATE_FORMAT=DELTA ?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <f581e340-bc40-4427-8ad8-48bd0cabc791 at t30g2000vbx.googlegroups.com>, hb <becker.avd at gmail.com> writes:
> On Jan 11, 3:05=A0pm, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
> Koehler) wrote:
>> =A0 =A0gnu utilities have been using --english for a long time. =A0But as
>> =A0 =A0we all know gnu's not UNIX. =A0And unlike DCL, gnu utilities don't
>> =A0 =A0allow abbreviation of the --forms.
> 
> Simply not true. The long options are a feature of getopt() or
> getopt_long() and the latter allows abbreviation, as you can see with:
> 

   Run on what system?  With which libraries?