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30 .\" @(#)getsubopt.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
37 .Nd get sub options from an argument
42 .Vt extern char *suboptarg
44 .Fn getsubopt "char **optionp" "char * const *tokens" "char **valuep"
49 parses a string containing tokens delimited by one or more tab, space or
53 It is intended for use in parsing groups of option arguments provided
54 as part of a utility command line.
58 is a pointer to a pointer to the string.
62 .Dv NULL Ns -terminated
63 array of pointers to strings.
68 returns the zero-based offset of the pointer in the
70 array referencing a string which matches the first token
71 in the string, or \-1 if the string contains no tokens or
73 does not contain a matching string.
75 If the token is of the form ``name=value'', the location referenced by
77 will be set to point to the start of the ``value'' portion of the token.
82 will be set to point to the start of the next token in the string,
83 or the null at the end of the string if no more tokens are present.
86 will be set to point to the start of the current token, or
92 will be set to point to the ``value'' portion of the token, or
94 if no ``value'' portion was present.
107 extern char *optarg, *suboptarg;
108 char *options, *value;
110 while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "ab:")) != \-1) {
113 /* process ``a'' option */
118 switch(getsubopt(\*[Am]options, tokens, \*[Am]value)) {
120 /* process ``one'' sub option */
123 /* process ``two'' sub option */
125 error("no value for two");
130 error("unknown sub option %s",
133 error("missing sub option");
145 function first appeared in