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Id: 62408
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Requestors: nash [...] nash.id.au
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  Sun Oct 24 01:39:49 2010 nash [...] nash.id.au - Ticket created
Subject: Make -h more discoverable
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 16:39:31 +1100
To: bug-App-SD [...] rt.cpan.org
From: Brett Nash <nash [...] nash.id.au>
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> No (documented) way of changing the port. > --port seems to work > > Right. I added a 'browser' help entry; there's also the ability to do > e.g. "sd <command> -h" to get a usage summary, which documents --port > already. Suggestions on how to make -h's existence more obvious > welcome.
The obvious way would be: % sd help ... Running 'sd help' on a specific command should also redirect you to the proper help file. Help on specific commands can be found with sd command -h % Or similar wording. Regards, nash
  Sun Jan 02 16:22:49 2011 spang [...] mit.edu - Correspondence added
I've just now committed the following patch: diff --git a/lib/App/SD/CLI/Command/Help.pm b/lib/App/SD/CLI/Command/Help.pm index 5f21a57..5442604 100644 --- a/lib/App/SD/CLI/Command/Help.pm +++ b/lib/App/SD/CLI/Command/Help.pm @@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ ${cmd}help settings - Database configuration variables Running '${cmd}help' on a specific command should also redirect you to the proper help file. +You can also get a brief summary of usage (options and arguments) for +a given command with '${cmd}<command> -h'. + EOF } I think this resolves this ticket. Thanks for your report! Christine
  Sun Jan 02 16:22:50 2011 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'
  Sun Jan 02 16:22:50 2011 spang [...] mit.edu - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'