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Re:Use long flags when scripting (2013) by Alexendoo on Friday September 18, 2020 @06:29PM (#24522480)
The long form of `-a` would be `--archive`, for the same reason that you write `-a` and not `-dR --preserve=all`
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Re:Use long flags when scripting (2013) by jfrunyon on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @12:10AM (#24550746)
I'm afraid that doesn't fit with the "be as explicit as you can regardless of logic" espoused in the article.
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