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1 /* Declarations for getopt.
2 Copyright (C) 1989-1994, 1996-1999, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
5 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
8 any later version.
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
16 with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
17 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
19 #ifndef _GETOPT_H
21 #ifndef __need_getopt
22 # define _GETOPT_H 1
23 #endif
25 /* If __GNU_LIBRARY__ is not already defined, either we are being used
26 standalone, or this is the first header included in the source file.
27 If we are being used with glibc, we need to include <features.h>, but
28 that does not exist if we are standalone. So: if __GNU_LIBRARY__ is
29 not defined, include <ctype.h>, which will pull in <features.h> for us
30 if it's from glibc. (Why ctype.h? It's guaranteed to exist and it
31 doesn't flood the namespace with stuff the way some other headers do.) */
32 #if !defined __GNU_LIBRARY__
33 # include <ctype.h>
34 #endif
36 #ifdef __cplusplus
37 extern "C" {
38 #endif
40 /* For communication from `getopt' to the caller.
41 When `getopt' finds an option that takes an argument,
42 the argument value is returned here.
43 Also, when `ordering' is RETURN_IN_ORDER,
44 each non-option ARGV-element is returned here. */
46 extern char *optarg;
48 /* Index in ARGV of the next element to be scanned.
49 This is used for communication to and from the caller
50 and for communication between successive calls to `getopt'.
52 On entry to `getopt', zero means this is the first call; initialize.
54 When `getopt' returns -1, this is the index of the first of the
55 non-option elements that the caller should itself scan.
57 Otherwise, `optind' communicates from one call to the next
58 how much of ARGV has been scanned so far. */
60 extern int optind;
62 /* Callers store zero here to inhibit the error message `getopt' prints
63 for unrecognized options. */
65 extern int opterr;
67 /* Set to an option character which was unrecognized. */
69 extern int optopt;
71 #ifndef __need_getopt
72 /* Describe the long-named options requested by the application.
73 The LONG_OPTIONS argument to getopt_long or getopt_long_only is a vector
74 of `struct option' terminated by an element containing a name which is
75 zero.
77 The field `has_arg' is:
78 no_argument (or 0) if the option does not take an argument,
79 required_argument (or 1) if the option requires an argument,
80 optional_argument (or 2) if the option takes an optional argument.
82 If the field `flag' is not NULL, it points to a variable that is set
83 to the value given in the field `val' when the option is found, but
84 left unchanged if the option is not found.
86 To have a long-named option do something other than set an `int' to
87 a compiled-in constant, such as set a value from `optarg', set the
88 option's `flag' field to zero and its `val' field to a nonzero
89 value (the equivalent single-letter option character, if there is
90 one). For long options that have a zero `flag' field, `getopt'
91 returns the contents of the `val' field. */
93 struct option
95 # if (defined __STDC__ && __STDC__) || defined __cplusplus
96 const char *name;
97 # else
98 char *name;
99 # endif
100 /* has_arg can't be an enum because some compilers complain about
101 type mismatches in all the code that assumes it is an int. */
102 int has_arg;
103 int *flag;
104 int val;
107 /* Names for the values of the `has_arg' field of `struct option'. */
109 # define no_argument 0
110 # define required_argument 1
111 # define optional_argument 2
112 #endif /* need getopt */
115 /* Get definitions and prototypes for functions to process the
116 arguments in ARGV (ARGC of them, minus the program name) for
117 options given in OPTS.
119 Return the option character from OPTS just read. Return -1 when
120 there are no more options. For unrecognized options, or options
121 missing arguments, `optopt' is set to the option letter, and '?' is
122 returned.
124 The OPTS string is a list of characters which are recognized option
125 letters, optionally followed by colons, specifying that that letter
126 takes an argument, to be placed in `optarg'.
128 If a letter in OPTS is followed by two colons, its argument is
129 optional. This behavior is specific to the GNU `getopt'.
131 The argument `--' causes premature termination of argument
132 scanning, explicitly telling `getopt' that there are no more
133 options.
135 If OPTS begins with `--', then non-option arguments are treated as
136 arguments to the option '\0'. This behavior is specific to the GNU
137 `getopt'. */
139 #if (defined __STDC__ && __STDC__) || defined __cplusplus
140 # ifdef __GNU_LIBRARY__
141 /* Many other libraries have conflicting prototypes for getopt, with
142 differences in the consts, in stdlib.h. To avoid compilation
143 errors, only prototype getopt for the GNU C library. */
144 extern int getopt (int ___argc, char *const *___argv, const char *__shortopts);
145 # else /* not __GNU_LIBRARY__ */
146 extern int getopt ();
147 # endif /* __GNU_LIBRARY__ */
149 # ifndef __need_getopt
150 extern int getopt_long (int ___argc, char *const *___argv,
151 const char *__shortopts,
152 const struct option *__longopts, int *__longind);
153 extern int getopt_long_only (int ___argc, char *const *___argv,
154 const char *__shortopts,
155 const struct option *__longopts, int *__longind);
157 /* Internal only. Users should not call this directly. */
158 extern int _getopt_internal (int ___argc, char *const *___argv,
159 const char *__shortopts,
160 const struct option *__longopts, int *__longind,
161 int __long_only);
162 # endif
163 #else /* not __STDC__ */
164 extern int getopt ();
165 # ifndef __need_getopt
166 extern int getopt_long ();
167 extern int getopt_long_only ();
169 extern int _getopt_internal ();
170 # endif
171 #endif /* __STDC__ */
173 #ifdef __cplusplus
175 #endif
177 /* Make sure we later can get all the definitions and declarations. */
178 #undef __need_getopt
180 #endif /* getopt.h */
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