diff lib/long-options.c @ 317:b4df8eb979b6

Initial revision
author Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
date Sun, 02 Oct 1994 22:50:11 +0000
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+/* Utility to accept --help and --version options as unobtrusively as possible.
+   Copyright (C) 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* Jim Meyering (meyering@comco.com) */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include "long-options.h"
+
+static struct option const long_options[] =
+{
+  {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
+  {"version", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
+  {0, 0, 0, 0}
+};
+
+/* Process long options --help and --version, but only if argc == 2.
+   Be careful not to gobble up `--'.  */
+
+void
+parse_long_options (argc, argv, command_name, version_string, usage)
+     int argc;
+     char **argv;
+     const char *command_name;
+     const char *version_string;
+     void (*usage)();
+{
+  int c;
+  int saved_opterr;
+  int saved_optind;
+
+  saved_opterr = opterr;
+  saved_optind = optind;
+
+  /* Don't print an error message for unrecognized options.  */
+  opterr = 0;
+
+  if (argc == 2
+      && (c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "+", long_options, (int *) 0)) != EOF)
+    {
+      switch (c)
+	{
+	case 'h':
+	  (*usage) (0);
+
+	case 'v':
+	  printf ("%s - %s\n", command_name, version_string);
+	  exit (0);
+	
+	default:
+	  /* Don't process any other long-named options.  */
+	  break;
+	}
+    }
+
+  /* Restore previous value.  */
+  opterr = saved_opterr;
+
+  /* Restore optind in case it has advanced past a leading `--'.  */
+  optind = saved_optind;
+}