From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:05:07 +1100 (EST) Subject: [TUHS] Dash options In-Reply-To: <201711280551.vAS5pDZt014974@darkstar.fourwinds.com> References: <201711280551.vAS5pDZt014974@darkstar.fourwinds.com> Message-ID: On Mon, 27 Nov 2017, Jon Steinhart wrote: > Does anybody know the history of dash options? Were they a UNIX thing > or did UNIX borrow them from something earlier? An equivalent question would be why "/" was chosen as the directory separator, as it was commonly used for flags. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."