Re: [docbook-apps] Tool to query dtd/schema for valid element children|attributes[SOLVED]

[David Nebauer <davidnebauer@switch.com.au>]

Markus Hoenicka wrote:

>>Public IDs are misinterpreted as command-line options:
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>>$ java -jar dtd-flatten.jar "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
>>Unrecognized option '-//OASIS//DTD'.
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>I guess this is a shell quoting issue. Your shell eats the "" when passing the
>argument to the invoked command, which is "java" in this case. java then passes
>the argument (sans "", as java never saw the quotes) to dtd-flatten, which must
>think of it as an option as it starts with a dash. Try using single quotes
>instead, as they are preserved by your shell (and hopefully by java too).
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It makes no difference:

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$ java -jar dtd-flatten.jar '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN'
Unrecognized option '-//OASIS//DTD'.
Usage: class com.ctc.wstx.tools.DTDFlatten[flags] [DTD file]
 flags:
   --output-comments (default)
   --strip-comments
   --output-conditional-sections
   --strip-conditional-sections (default)
   --output-pe-decls
   --strip-pe-decls (default)
   --output-whitespace:<mode> (mode: all/compact/minimum; default 'compact'
   --help [displays full help]
$
$ java -jar ~/data/evaluation/dtd-flatten.jar "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML 
V4.2//EN"
Unrecognized option '-//OASIS//DTD'.
Usage: class com.ctc.wstx.tools.DTDFlatten[flags] [DTD file]
 flags:
   --output-comments (default)
   --strip-comments
   --output-conditional-sections
   --strip-conditional-sections (default)
   --output-pe-decls
   --strip-pe-decls (default)
   --output-whitespace:<mode> (mode: all/compact/minimum; default 'compact'
   --help [displays full help]
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I also tried a few combinations of multiple quoting, all to no effect.

Regards,
David.