Real-world use of backend error handler?

Michael embedded at verizon.net
Mon Aug 21 22:51:35 PDT 2006


> > In #2, a closer inspection of the man page verified that the -E flag does have 2 possible meanings--encrypt or enable--depending on where it appears.  Confusing.
>
> Yeah, sorry.  When we did the push to support encryption in all
> command-line apps, "-E" was available on all commands except lpadmin,
> so we just made it position-dependent.  Before -p, -x, or -d, it
> enables encryption, otherwise it "enables and accepts" a printer.
>
> Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
> Internet Printing and Publishing Software        http://www.easysw.com

Well heck, I've seen worse ;-)
Mike




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