Re: [hpoj-devel] lots of CVS checkins

[David P. <pa...@rc...>]

Joe Piolunek wrote:
> Would there be a problem if an option identifier ('-dev') is required before 
> the device name?  I don't think there is a compelling reason to use one, but 
> having it could result in a little less confusion on the user's part, and the 
> result of using it in the command string would be more certain.  In any case, 
> it would not need to be used unless wanting to connect to a device other than 
> the default, if one exists.
Hi, Joe.  Since you don't otherwise have any parameters that don't start
with hyphens, my preference would be to not require a "-dev" switch, to be
consistent with the other applications, which in most cases assume that a
parameter that doesn't start with a hyphen is a device name.  Feel free
to look in apps/cmdline/ptal-*.c to see how I did it.  Search for the
string "ptalDeviceOpen" and then work your way back from there.  You'll
find that I did each one a little differently, since I did them at
different times.

David