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Subject: Re: Options handler for userspace programs
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Have you looked at getopt_long, which is in the standard
FreeBSD C libraries?

man 3 getopt_long

The use of getopt() in most utilities instead of getopt_long()
is a very deliberate choice.

Tim Kientzle


Andrea Di Pasquale wrote:
> Hi! I seen that all freebsd' s programs use getopt() or sequence  
> options with arguments.
> I wanna to propose new options handler that handle name or alias for  
> options and
> option's argument, example no argument, required one or two arguments,  
> required
> argument with 2° option argument and one or two optional arguments.
> Can it useful for freebsd?
> 
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