extern char *optarg;
extern int optind;
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.
main(argc, argv) int argc; char **argv; { int c; extern int optind; extern char *optarg; . . . 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 `?': default: errflg++; break; } if (errflg) { fprintf(stderr, "Usage: ..."); exit(2); } for (; optind < argc; optind++) { . . . } . . . }
Option arguments are allowed to begin with `-'; this is reasonable but reduces the amount of error checking possible.
Getopt is quite flexible but the obvious price must be paid: there is much it could do that it doesn't, like checking mutually exclusive options, checking type of option arguments, etc.
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