1 /* Declarations for getopt.
2 Copyright (C) 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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19 Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
30 /* For communication from `getopt' to the caller.
31 When `getopt' finds an option that takes an argument,
32 the argument value is returned here.
33 Also, when `ordering' is RETURN_IN_ORDER,
34 each non-option ARGV-element is returned here. */
38 /* Index in ARGV of the next element to be scanned.
39 This is used for communication to and from the caller
40 and for communication between successive calls to `getopt'.
42 On entry to `getopt', zero means this is the first call; initialize.
44 When `getopt' returns EOF, this is the index of the first of the
45 non-option elements that the caller should itself scan.
47 Otherwise, `optind' communicates from one call to the next
48 how much of ARGV has been scanned so far. */
52 /* Callers store zero here to inhibit the error message `getopt' prints
53 for unrecognized options. */
57 /* Set to an option character which was unrecognized. */
61 /* Describe the long-named options requested by the application.
62 The LONG_OPTIONS argument to getopt_long or getopt_long_only is a vector
63 of `struct option' terminated by an element containing a name which is
66 The field `has_arg' is:
67 no_argument (or 0) if the option does not take an argument,
68 required_argument (or 1) if the option requires an argument,
69 optional_argument (or 2) if the option takes an optional argument.
71 If the field `flag' is not NULL, it points to a variable that is set
72 to the value given in the field `val' when the option is found, but
73 left unchanged if the option is not found.
75 To have a long-named option do something other than set an `int' to
76 a compiled-in constant, such as set a value from `optarg', set the
77 option's `flag' field to zero and its `val' field to a nonzero
78 value (the equivalent single-letter option character, if there is
79 one). For long options that have a zero `flag' field, `getopt'
80 returns the contents of the `val' field. */
85 /* has_arg can't be an enum because some compilers complain about
86 type mismatches in all the code that assumes it is an int. */
92 /* Names for the values of the `has_arg' field of `struct option'. */
95 #define required_argument 1
96 #define optional_argument 2
98 extern int getopt __P((int argc, char *const *argv, const char *shortopts));
99 extern int getopt_long __P((int argc, char *const *argv, const char *shortopts,
100 const struct option *longopts, int *longind));
101 extern int getopt_long_only __P((int argc, char *const *argv,
102 const char *shortopts,
103 const struct option *longopts, int *longind));
109 #endif /* _GETOPT_H */