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Re: [Xen-devel] xm create option parsing..

To: Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] xm create option parsing..
From: Tom Wilkie <tw275@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:16:16 +0100
Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Steven Hand <Steven.Hand@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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I'll take a look at it, someone will probably beat me to it (hint hint...)

Tom

On 28 Jul 2004, at 18:10, Ian Pratt wrote:

Yeah this happens as all option to set variables must come at the end
of the command line, which all switch must come before them.

Its just the way the command line is parsed.

I've never liked this. Can we fix it?

Ian