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| -rw-r--r-- | src/pkg/flag/flag.go | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/flag/flag.go b/src/pkg/flag/flag.go index ff72c08e2..0471d126c 100644 --- a/src/pkg/flag/flag.go +++ b/src/pkg/flag/flag.go @@ -31,8 +31,13 @@ Command line flag syntax: -flag -flag=x - -flag x + -flag x // non-boolean flags only One or two minus signs may be used; they are equivalent. + The last form is not permitted for boolean flags because the + meaning of the command + cmd -x * + will change if there is a file called 0, false, etc. You must + use the -flag=false form to turn off a boolean flag. Flag parsing stops just before the first non-flag argument ("-" is a non-flag argument) or after the terminator "--". |