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1 /* Utility to accept --help and --version options as unobtrusively as possible.
3 Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free
4 Software Foundation, Inc.
6 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9 any later version.
11 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 GNU General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
18 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
20 /* Written by Jim Meyering. */
22 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
23 # include <config.h>
24 #endif
26 /* Specification. */
27 #include "long-options.h"
29 #include <stdarg.h>
30 #include <stdio.h>
31 #include <stdlib.h>
32 #include <getopt.h>
34 #include "version-etc.h"
36 static struct option const long_options[] =
38 {"help", no_argument, 0, 'h'},
39 {"version", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
40 {0, 0, 0, 0}
43 /* Process long options --help and --version, but only if argc == 2.
44 Be careful not to gobble up `--'. */
46 void
47 parse_long_options (int argc,
48 char **argv,
49 const char *command_name,
50 const char *package,
51 const char *version,
52 void (*usage_func) (int),
53 /* const char *author1, ...*/ ...)
55 int c;
56 int saved_opterr;
58 saved_opterr = opterr;
60 /* Don't print an error message for unrecognized options. */
61 opterr = 0;
63 if (argc == 2
64 && (c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "+", long_options, NULL)) != -1)
66 switch (c)
68 case 'h':
69 (*usage_func) (EXIT_SUCCESS);
71 case 'v':
73 va_list authors;
74 va_start (authors, usage_func);
75 version_etc_va (stdout, command_name, package, version, authors);
76 exit (0);
79 default:
80 /* Don't process any other long-named options. */
81 break;
85 /* Restore previous value. */
86 opterr = saved_opterr;
88 /* Reset this to zero so that getopt internals get initialized from
89 the probably-new parameters when/if getopt is called later. */
90 optind = 0;