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From: "Steve Simon" <steve@quintile.net>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 14:37:03 +0100
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Subject: Re: [9fans] -- in rsc's g script
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see arg(2) for all the details.

-- indicates the end of any options, it ensures that any following
arguments which happen to begin with a minus are not interpreted
as options.

consider the classic question: "how do I remove a file called -z"

-Steve