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Bug 640065 - Files with leading dash can not be parsed using xmllint-tool
Files with leading dash can not be parsed using xmllint-tool
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: libxml2
Classification: Platform
Component: xmllint
2.7.7
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Daniel Veillard
libxml QA maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-01-20 13:50 UTC by f.ju
Modified: 2021-07-05 13:25 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description f.ju 2011-01-20 13:50:26 UTC 
Typical command line tools allow to signal the end of options using two consecutive dashes (--). That way it is possible to distinguish options from files starting with a dash.

xmllint does not, thus making it impossible to pass files with a leading dash (like -file.xml) on the command line.
Comment 1 f.ju 2011-01-24 21:14:54 UTC 
xsltproc does not either.
Comment 2 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2021-07-05 13:25:18 UTC 
GNOME is going to shut down bugzilla.gnome.org in favor of gitlab.gnome.org.
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