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Re: Root checked moved after parsing the command line.
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Jeff Bailey |
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Re: Root checked moved after parsing the command line. |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Jun 2002 07:51:14 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.3.28i |
On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 03:20:42AM +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> This moves the checking of root in ping to a later stage, i.e. after
> parsing the command line. This is so that --help can be a bit of
> use for users instead of spitting out an "must run as root" message.
> Oh, it also moves the variable is_root into main().
> OK to commit?
Looks good.
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