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Trail: Essential Java Classes
Lesson: Setting Program Attributes

POSIX Conventions for Command Line Arguments

Command-Line Arguments warns that the use of command-line arguments in a Java program may cause that program to be unportable (that is, it will not be 100% Pure Java). If a program requires command-line arguments, then it should follow the POSIX conventions for them. The POSIX conventions are summarized here:

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