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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-01-18 23:39:37 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-01-18 23:39:37 +0000
commit8a755a3d27ab8b94585a7aeb1a8fb45dfe820599 (patch)
treee864491ddcef54a457b17318840f574991c319a6
parent36a16de45cb007ddc44490c82b023c9e1389d4b4 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-8a755a3d27ab8b94585a7aeb1a8fb45dfe820599.tar.xz
(parse_obsolescent_option): Issue a warning for obsolete usage,
unless POSIXLY_CORRECT.
-rw-r--r--src/tail.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/tail.c b/src/tail.c
index d00a89d6d..2131c1d4b 100644
--- a/src/tail.c
+++ b/src/tail.c
@@ -1381,10 +1381,10 @@ parse_obsolescent_option (int argc, const char *const *argv,
if (!*fail)
{
+ bool posix_pedantic = (getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT") != NULL);
+
if (argc > 3)
{
- int posix_pedantic = (getenv ("POSIXLY_CORRECT") != NULL);
-
/* When POSIXLY_CORRECT is set, enforce the `at most one
file argument' requirement. */
if (posix_pedantic)
@@ -1405,6 +1405,11 @@ option instead."), argv[1]);
#endif
}
+ if (! posix_pedantic)
+ error (0, 0,
+ _("warning: `tail %s' is obsolete; use -n or -c instead"),
+ argv[1]);
+
/* Set globals. */
from_start = t_from_start;
count_lines = t_count_lines;