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Re: getopts missing with latest cygwin


> >No, it can't.  A separate program cannot propagate the changes to
> >$OPTIND and $OPTARG back to the parent shell.
> 
> Btw, I based my assertion that it can be used as a separate program on this:
> 
> % ls -l /usr/bin/getopts
> -rwxr-xr-x   1 bin      bin         1518 Jul 25  1995 /usr/bin/getopts
> 
> I have no idea how it actually is used with sh on this system, though.

It's not.  It simply exists to satisfy a POSIX.2 requirement.  It need
not be (and is not) useful.

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