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NAME
getopt - get option letter from argument vector
SYNTAX
int getopt (argc, argv, optstring)
int argc;
char **argv, *opstring;
extern char *optarg;
extern int optind, opterr;
DESCRIPTION
Getopt returns the next option letter in argv that matches a
letter in optstring. Optstring is a string of recognized
option letters; if a letter is followed by a colon, the
option is expected to have an argument that may or may not
be separated from it by white space. Optarg is set to point
to the start of the option argument on return from getopt.
Getopt places in optind the argv index of the next argument
to be processed. Because optind is external, it is normally
initialized to zero automatically before the first call to
getopt.
When all options have been processed (i.e., up to the first
non-option argument), getopt returns EOF. The special
option -- may be used to delimit the end of the options; EOF
will be returned, and -- will be skipped.
DIAGNOSTICS
Getopt prints an error message on stderr and returns a
question mark (?) when it encounters an option letter not
included in optstring. This error message may be disabled
by setting opterr to a non-zero value.
EXAMPLE
The following code fragment shows how one might process the
arguments for a command that can take the mutually exclusive
options a and b, and the options f and o, both of which
require arguments:
main (argc, argv)
int argc;
char **argv;
{
int c;
extern char *optarg;
extern int optind;
.
.
.
while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "abf:o:")) != EOF)
switch (c) {
case 'a':
if (bflg)
errflg++;
else
aflg++;
break;
case 'b':
if (aflg)
errflg++;
else
bproc( );
break;
case 'f':
ifile = optarg;
break;
case 'o':
ofile = optarg;
break;
case '?':
errflg++;
}
if (errflg) {
fprintf(stderr, "usage: . . . ");
exit (2);
}
for ( ; optind < argc; optind++) {
if (access(argv[optind], 4)) {
.
.
.
}
SEE ALSO
getopt(1) in the UNIX System V User Reference Manual.