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.\" $OpenBSD: getopt_long.3,v 1.10 2004/01/06 23:44:28 fgsch Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: getopt_long.3,v 1.14 2003/08/07 16:43:40 agc Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" are met:
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.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.\" @(#)getopt.3 8.5 (Berkeley) 4/27/95
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd December 25, 2011
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.Dt GETOPT_LONG 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getopt_long ,
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.Nm getopt_long_only
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.Nd get long options from command line argument list
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In getopt.h
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.Vt extern char *optarg ;
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.Vt extern int optind ;
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.Vt extern int optopt ;
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.Vt extern int opterr ;
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.Vt extern int optreset ;
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.Ft int
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.Fo getopt_long
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.Fa "int argc" "char * const *argv" "const char *optstring"
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.Fa "const struct option *longopts" "int *longindex"
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.Fc
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.Ft int
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.Fo getopt_long_only
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.Fa "int argc" "char * const *argv" "const char *optstring"
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.Fa "const struct option *longopts" "int *longindex"
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.Fc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn getopt_long
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function is similar to
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.Xr getopt 3
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but it accepts options in two forms: words and characters.
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The
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.Fn getopt_long
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function provides a superset of the functionality of
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.Xr getopt 3 .
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The
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.Fn getopt_long
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function
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can be used in two ways.
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In the first way, every long option understood
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by the program has a corresponding short option, and the option
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structure is only used to translate from long options to short
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options.
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When used in this fashion,
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.Fn getopt_long
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behaves identically to
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.Xr getopt 3 .
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This is a good way to add long option processing to an existing program
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with the minimum of rewriting.
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.Pp
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In the second mechanism, a long option sets a flag in the
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.Vt option
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structure passed, or will store a pointer to the command line argument
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in the
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.Vt option
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structure passed to it for options that take arguments.
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Additionally,
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the long option's argument may be specified as a single argument with
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an equal sign, e.g.,
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.Pp
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.Dl "myprogram --myoption=somevalue"
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.Pp
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When a long option is processed, the call to
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.Fn getopt_long
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will return 0.
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For this reason, long option processing without
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shortcuts is not backwards compatible with
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.Xr getopt 3 .
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.Pp
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It is possible to combine these methods, providing for long options
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processing with short option equivalents for some options.
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Less
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frequently used options would be processed as long options only.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn getopt_long
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call requires a structure to be initialized describing the long
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options.
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The structure is:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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struct option {
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char *name;
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int has_arg;
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int *flag;
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int val;
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};
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.Ed
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.Pp
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The
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.Va name
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field should contain the option name without the leading double dash.
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.Pp
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The
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.Va has_arg
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field should be one of:
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width ".Dv optional_argument" -offset indent -compact
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.It Dv no_argument
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no argument to the option is expected
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.It Dv required_argument
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an argument to the option is required
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.It Dv optional_argument
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an argument to the option may be presented
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.El
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.Pp
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If
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.Va flag
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is not
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.Dv NULL ,
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then the integer pointed to by it will be set to the
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value in the
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.Va val
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field.
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If the
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.Va flag
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field is
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.Dv NULL ,
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then the
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.Va val
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field will be returned.
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Setting
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.Va flag
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to
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.Dv NULL
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and setting
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.Va val
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to the corresponding short option will make this function act just
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like
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.Xr getopt 3 .
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.Pp
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If the
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.Fa longindex
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field is not
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.Dv NULL ,
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then the integer pointed to by it will be set to the index of the long
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option relative to
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.Fa longopts .
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.Pp
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The last element of the
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.Fa longopts
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array has to be filled with zeroes.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn getopt_long_only
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function behaves identically to
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.Fn getopt_long
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with the exception that long options may start with
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.Ql -
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in addition to
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.Ql -- .
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If an option starting with
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.Ql -
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does not match a long option but does match a single-character option,
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the single-character option is returned.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If the
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.Fa flag
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field in
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.Vt "struct option"
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is
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.Dv NULL ,
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.Fn getopt_long
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and
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.Fn getopt_long_only
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return the value specified in the
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.Fa val
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field, which is usually just the corresponding short option.
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If
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.Fa flag
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is not
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.Dv NULL ,
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these functions return 0 and store
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.Fa val
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in the location pointed to by
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.Fa flag .
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These functions return
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.Ql \&:
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if there was a missing option argument,
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.Ql \&?
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if the user specified an unknown or ambiguous option, and
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\-1 when the argument list has been exhausted.
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
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.Bl -tag -width ".Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT"
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.It Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT
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If set, option processing stops when the first non-option is found and
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a leading
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.Ql -
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or
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.Ql +
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in the
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.Fa optstring
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is ignored.
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.El
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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.Bd -literal -compact
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int bflag, ch, fd;
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int daggerset;
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/* options descriptor */
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static struct option longopts[] = {
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{ "buffy", no_argument, NULL, 'b' },
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{ "fluoride", required_argument, NULL, 'f' },
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{ "daggerset", no_argument, \*[Am]daggerset, 1 },
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{ NULL, 0, NULL, 0 }
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};
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bflag = 0;
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while ((ch = getopt_long(argc, argv, "bf:", longopts, NULL)) != -1) {
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switch (ch) {
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case 'b':
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bflag = 1;
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break;
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case 'f':
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if ((fd = open(optarg, O_RDONLY, 0)) == -1)
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err(1, "unable to open %s", optarg);
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break;
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case 0:
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if (daggerset) {
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fprintf(stderr,"Buffy will use her dagger to "
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"apply fluoride to dracula's teeth\en");
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}
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break;
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default:
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usage();
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}
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}
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argc -= optind;
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argv += optind;
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.Ed
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.Sh IMPLEMENTATION DIFFERENCES
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This section describes differences to the
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.Tn GNU
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implementation
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found in glibc-2.1.3:
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.Bl -bullet
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.\" .It
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.\" Handling of
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.\" .Ql -
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.\" as first char of option string in presence of
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.\" environment variable
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.\" .Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT :
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.\" .Bl -tag -width ".Bx"
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.\" .It Tn GNU
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.\" ignores
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.\" .Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT
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.\" and returns non-options as
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.\" arguments to option '\e1'.
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.\" .It Bx
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.\" honors
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.\" .Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT
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.\" and stops at the first non-option.
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.\" .El
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.\" .It
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.\" Handling of
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.\" .Ql -
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.\" within the option string (not the first character):
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.\" .Bl -tag -width ".Bx"
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.\" .It Tn GNU
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.\" treats a
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.\" .Ql -
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.\" on the command line as a non-argument.
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.\" .It Bx
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.\" a
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.\" .Ql -
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.\" within the option string matches a
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.\" .Ql -
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.\" (single dash) on the command line.
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.\" This functionality is provided for backward compatibility with
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.\" programs, such as
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.\" .Xr su 1 ,
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.\" that use
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.\" .Ql -
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.\" as an option flag.
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.\" This practice is wrong, and should not be used in any current development.
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.\" .El
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.\" .It
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.\" Handling of
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.\" .Ql ::
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.\" in options string in presence of
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.\" .Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT :
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.\" .Bl -tag -width ".Bx"
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.\" .It Both
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.\" .Tn GNU
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.\" and
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.\" .Bx
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.\" ignore
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.\" .Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT
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.\" here and take
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.\" .Ql ::
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.\" to
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.\" mean the preceding option takes an optional argument.
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.\" .El
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.\" .It
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.\" Return value in case of missing argument if first character
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.\" (after
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.\" .Ql +
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.\" or
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.\" .Ql - )
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.\" in option string is not
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.\" .Ql \&: :
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.\" .Bl -tag -width ".Bx"
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.\" .It Tn GNU
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.\" returns
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.\" .Ql \&?
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.\" .It Bx
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.\" returns
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.\" .Ql \&:
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.\" (since
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.\" .Bx Ns 's
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.\" .Fn getopt
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.\" does).
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.\" .El
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.\" .It
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.\" Handling of
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.\" .Ql --a
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.\" in getopt:
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.\" .Bl -tag -width ".Bx"
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.\" .It Tn GNU
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.\" parses this as option
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.\" .Ql - ,
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.\" option
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.\" .Ql a .
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.\" .It Bx
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.\" parses this as
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.\" .Ql -- ,
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.\" and returns \-1 (ignoring the
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.\" .Ql a ) .
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.\" (Because the original
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.\" .Fn getopt
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.\" does.)
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.\" .El
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.It
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Setting of
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.Va optopt
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for long options with
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.Va flag
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!=
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.Dv NULL :
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.Bl -tag -width ".Bx"
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.It Tn GNU
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sets
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.Va optopt
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to
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.Va val .
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.It Bx
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sets
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.Va optopt
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to 0 (since
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.Va val
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would never be returned).
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.El
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.\" .It
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.\" Handling of
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.\" .Ql -W
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.\" with
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.\" .Ql W;
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.\" in option string in
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.\" .Fn getopt
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.\" (not
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.\" .Fn getopt_long ) :
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.\" .Bl -tag -width ".Bx"
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.\" .It Tn GNU
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.\" causes a segfault.
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.\" .It Bx
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.\" no special handling is done;
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.\" .Ql W;
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.\" is interpreted as two separate options, neither of which take an argument.
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.\" .El
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.It
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Setting of
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.Va optarg
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for long options without an argument that are
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invoked via
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.Ql -W
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.Ql ( W;
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in option string):
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.Bl -tag -width ".Bx"
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.It Tn GNU
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sets
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.Va optarg
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to the option name (the argument of
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.Ql -W ) .
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.It Bx
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sets
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.Va optarg
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to
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.Dv NULL
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(the argument of the long option).
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.El
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.It
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Handling of
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.Ql -W
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with an argument that is not (a prefix to) a known
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long option
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.Ql ( W;
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in option string):
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.Bl -tag -width ".Bx"
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.It Tn GNU
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returns
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.Ql -W
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with
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.Va optarg
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set to the unknown option.
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.It Bx
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treats this as an error (unknown option) and returns
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.Ql \&?
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with
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.Va optopt
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set to 0 and
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.Va optarg
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set to
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.Dv NULL
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(as
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.Tn GNU Ns 's
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man page documents).
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.El
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.\" .It
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.\" The error messages are different.
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.It
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.Bx
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does not permute the argument vector at the same points in
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the calling sequence as
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.Tn GNU
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does.
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The aspects normally used by
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the caller (ordering after \-1 is returned, value of
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.Va optind
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relative
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to current positions) are the same, though.
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(We do fewer variable swaps.)
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr getopt 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Fn getopt_long
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and
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.Fn getopt_long_only
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functions first appeared in the
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.Tn GNU
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libiberty library.
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The first
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.Bx
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implementation of
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.Fn getopt_long
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appeared in
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.Nx 1.5 ,
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the first
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.Bx
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implementation of
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.Fn getopt_long_only
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in
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.Ox 3.3 .
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.Fx
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first included
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.Fn getopt_long
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in
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.Fx 5.0 ,
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.Fn getopt_long_only
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in
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.Fx 5.2 .
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.Sh BUGS
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The
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.Fa argv
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argument is not really
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.Vt const
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as its elements may be permuted (unless
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.Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT
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is set).
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.Pp
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The implementation can completely replace
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.Xr getopt 3 ,
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but right now we are using separate code.
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