flawfinder.1: Tweak documentation about flag syntax

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David A. Wheeler 2014-09-07 14:05:52 -04:00
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@ -302,18 +302,19 @@ select input data,
select which hits to display,
select the output format,
and perform hitlist management.
Flawfinder supports the standard syntax defined in the
The commonly-used flawfinder options
support the standard option syntax defined in the
POSIX (Issue 7, 2013 Edition) section ``Utility Conventions''.
It also supports the GNU long options
Flawfinder also supports the GNU long options
(double-dash options of form \-\-\fIoption\fR)
as defined in the \fIGNU C Library Reference Manual\fR
``Program Argument Syntax Conventions''
and \fIGNU Coding Standards\fR ``Standards for Command Line Interfaces''.
Long option arguments can be provided as ``--name=value'' or ``-name value''.
Some options can only be accessed using the more
All options can be accessed using the more
readable GNU long option conventions;
common options are also supported
by the older single-letter option convention.
some less commonly used options can \fIonly\fR be accessed
using long option conventions.
.SS "Documentation"