Don't call getopt on it.
You can either make it an argument of an option, ie
--date 2002-11-17
Or you can decide to interpret it as a date because
the first character is not a '-' and then start
treating everything after it as non-options too.
On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 12:17:50AM -0500, Paul M Foster wrote:
I'm using getopt(3) to obtain command line parameters for a program I've
written. One of the parameters is in the form of a date, to wit:
2002-11-17
Apparently, getopt() sees those dashes and interprets them as more
options. It stops and waits for me to type in something. If I take out
this option, the program runs fine. I've tried quoting the string,
double-quoting the string, escaping the dashes with backslashes. Nothing
appears to work. Anyone have any experience with a way to get around
this?
Paul
Or put -- before it. ex -- 2002-11-18