Re[2]: [MiKTeX] Miktex 2.4 and dvips: Couldn't find header file tex.pro

[Alan G I. <ai...@am...>]

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Hans Fredrik Nordhaug apparently wrote:
> Then try "kpsewhich tex.pro" - it should return
> [...]/texmf/dvips/base/tex.pro


OT, I guess.
I am puzzled by the behavior of kpsewhich.
If I go to 
 http://www.csit.fsu.edu/~mimi/tex/doc/html/manpages/kpsewhich.html
I get a description that matches expectations.
But if I type
kpsewhich --help

    Usage: kpsewhich [OPTION...] [FILENAME]
    This program tries to locate a TeXMF related file.
    Options:
    -alias=APP                Pretend to be APP.
    -help                     Print this help screen and exit.
    -file-type=FILETYPE       Use the search path for FILETYPE.
    -must-exist               Make sure the file exists; run the package
                              installer if necessary.
    -show-path=FILETYPE       Show the search path for FILETYPE.
    -start                    Start associated program if file was found.
    -version                  Print the version number and exit.

Note that the short options are not listed, not all long
options are listed, and the long options take a single dash
rather than the expected double dash, according to this
help.

Finally, both the listed options seem to work with either a
single-dash or double-dash. All very odd.

I thought the convention that long options are preceeded by
a double dash was very well established ...

fwiw,
Alan Isaac