--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/liboctave/wrappers/getopt-wrapper.h	Thu Jul 07 13:44:40 2016 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2016 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave 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 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
+
+Octave 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 Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+#if ! defined (octave_getopt_wrapper_h)
+#define octave_getopt_wrapper_h 1
+
+#if defined __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+struct octave_getopt_options
+{
+  const char *name;
+  int has_arg;
+  int *flag;
+  int val;
+};
+
+#define octave_no_arg 0
+#define octave_required_arg 1
+#define octave_optional_arg 2
+
+extern int
+octave_getopt_long_wrapper (int argc, char *const *argv,
+                            const char *shortopts,
+                            const struct octave_getopt_options *longopts,
+                            int *longind);
+
+#if defined __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
+