1 /* Hierarchial argument parsing, layered over getopt.
2 Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 Written by Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
6 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
8 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
9 License, or (at your option) any later version.
11 The GNU C Library 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 GNU
14 Library General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
17 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
18 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
19 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
28 #define __need_error_t
32 # define __const const
35 #ifndef __error_t_defined
37 # define __error_t_defined
44 /* A description of a particular option. A pointer to an array of
45 these is passed in the OPTIONS field of an argp structure. Each option
46 entry can correspond to one long option and/or one short option; more
47 names for the same option can be added by following an entry in an option
48 array with options having the OPTION_ALIAS flag set. */
51 /* The long option name. For more than one name for the same option, you
52 can use following options with the OPTION_ALIAS flag set. */
55 /* What key is returned for this option. If > 0 and printable, then it's
56 also accepted as a short option. */
59 /* If non-NULL, this is the name of the argument associated with this
60 option, which is required unless the OPTION_ARG_OPTIONAL flag is set. */
66 /* The doc string for this option. If both NAME and KEY are 0, This string
67 will be printed outdented from the normal option column, making it
68 useful as a group header (it will be the first thing printed in its
69 group); in this usage, it's conventional to end the string with a `:'. */
72 /* The group this option is in. In a long help message, options are sorted
73 alphabetically within each group, and the groups presented in the order
74 0, 1, 2, ..., n, -m, ..., -2, -1. Every entry in an options array with
75 if this field 0 will inherit the group number of the previous entry, or
76 zero if it's the first one, unless its a group header (NAME and KEY both
77 0), in which case, the previous entry + 1 is the default. Automagic
78 options such as --help are put into group -1. */
82 /* The argument associated with this option is optional. */
83 #define OPTION_ARG_OPTIONAL 0x1
85 /* This option isn't displayed in any help messages. */
86 #define OPTION_HIDDEN 0x2
88 /* This option is an alias for the closest previous non-alias option. This
89 means that it will be displayed in the same help entry, and will inherit
90 fields other than NAME and KEY from the aliased option. */
91 #define OPTION_ALIAS 0x4
93 /* This option isn't actually an option (and so should be ignored by the
94 actual option parser), but rather an arbitrary piece of documentation that
95 should be displayed in much the same manner as the options. If this flag
96 is set, then the option NAME field is displayed unmodified (e.g., no `--'
97 prefix is added) at the left-margin (where a *short* option would normally
98 be displayed), and the documentation string in the normal place. For
99 purposes of sorting, any leading whitespace and puncuation is ignored,
100 except that if the first non-whitespace character is not `-', this entry
101 is displayed after all options (and OPTION_DOC entries with a leading `-')
102 in the same group. */
103 #define OPTION_DOC 0x8
105 /* This option shouldn't be included in `long' usage messages (but is still
106 included in help messages). This is mainly intended for options that are
107 completely documented in an argp's ARGS_DOC field, in which case including
108 the option in the generic usage list would be redundant. For instance,
109 if ARGS_DOC is "FOO BAR\n-x BLAH", and the `-x' option's purpose is to
110 distinguish these two cases, -x should probably be marked
112 #define OPTION_NO_USAGE 0x10
114 struct argp
; /* fwd declare this type */
115 struct argp_state
; /* " */
116 struct argp_child
; /* " */
118 /* The type of a pointer to an argp parsing function. */
119 typedef error_t (*argp_parser_t
) (int key
, char *arg
,
120 struct argp_state
*state
);
122 /* What to return for unrecognized keys. For special ARGP_KEY_ keys, such
123 returns will simply be ignored. For user keys, this error will be turned
124 into EINVAL (if the call to argp_parse is such that errors are propagated
125 back to the user instead of exiting); returning EINVAL itself would result
126 in an immediate stop to parsing in *all* cases. */
127 #define ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN E2BIG /* Hurd should never need E2BIG. XXX */
129 /* Special values for the KEY argument to an argument parsing function.
130 ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN should be returned if they aren't understood.
132 The sequence of keys to a parsing function is either (where each
133 uppercased word should be prefixed by `ARGP_KEY_' and opt is a user key):
135 INIT opt... NO_ARGS END SUCCESS -- No non-option arguments at all
136 or INIT (opt | ARG)... END SUCCESS -- All non-option args parsed
137 or INIT (opt | ARG)... SUCCESS -- Some non-option arg unrecognized
139 The third case is where every parser returned ARGP_KEY_UNKNOWN for an
140 argument, in which case parsing stops at that argument (returning the
141 unparsed arguments to the caller of argp_parse if requested, or stopping
142 with an error message if not).
144 If an error occurs (either detected by argp, or because the parsing
145 function returned an error value), then the parser is called with
146 ARGP_KEY_ERROR, and no further calls are made. */
148 /* This is not an option at all, but rather a command line argument. If a
149 parser receiving this key returns success, the fact is recorded, and the
150 ARGP_KEY_NO_ARGS case won't be used. HOWEVER, if while processing the
151 argument, a parser function decrements the NEXT field of the state it's
152 passed, the option won't be considered processed; this is to allow you to
153 actually modify the argument (perhaps into an option), and have it
155 #define ARGP_KEY_ARG 0
156 /* There are remaining arguments not parsed by any parser, which may be found
157 starting at (STATE->argv + STATE->next). If success is returned, but
158 STATE->next left untouched, it's assumed that all arguments were consume,
159 otherwise, the parser should adjust STATE->next to reflect any arguments
161 #define ARGP_KEY_ARGS 0x1000006
162 /* There are no more command line arguments at all. */
163 #define ARGP_KEY_END 0x1000001
164 /* Because it's common to want to do some special processing if there aren't
165 any non-option args, user parsers are called with this key if they didn't
166 successfully process any non-option arguments. Called just before
167 ARGP_KEY_END (where more general validity checks on previously parsed
168 arguments can take place). */
169 #define ARGP_KEY_NO_ARGS 0x1000002
170 /* Passed in before any parsing is done. Afterwards, the values of each
171 element of the CHILD_INPUT field, if any, in the state structure is
172 copied to each child's state to be the initial value of the INPUT field. */
173 #define ARGP_KEY_INIT 0x1000003
174 /* Use after all other keys, including SUCCESS & END. */
175 #define ARGP_KEY_FINI 0x1000007
176 /* Passed in when parsing has successfully been completed (even if there are
177 still arguments remaining). */
178 #define ARGP_KEY_SUCCESS 0x1000004
179 /* Passed in if an error occurs. */
180 #define ARGP_KEY_ERROR 0x1000005
182 /* An argp structure contains a set of options declarations, a function to
183 deal with parsing one, documentation string, a possible vector of child
184 argp's, and perhaps a function to filter help output. When actually
185 parsing options, getopt is called with the union of all the argp
186 structures chained together through their CHILD pointers, with conflicts
187 being resolved in favor of the first occurrence in the chain. */
190 /* An array of argp_option structures, terminated by an entry with both
191 NAME and KEY having a value of 0. */
192 __const
struct argp_option
*options
;
194 /* What to do with an option from this structure. KEY is the key
195 associated with the option, and ARG is any associated argument (NULL if
196 none was supplied). If KEY isn't understood, ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN should be
197 returned. If a non-zero, non-ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN value is returned, then
198 parsing is stopped immediately, and that value is returned from
199 argp_parse(). For special (non-user-supplied) values of KEY, see the
200 ARGP_KEY_ definitions below. */
201 argp_parser_t parser
;
203 /* A string describing what other arguments are wanted by this program. It
204 is only used by argp_usage to print the `Usage:' message. If it
205 contains newlines, the strings separated by them are considered
206 alternative usage patterns, and printed on separate lines (lines after
207 the first are prefix by ` or: ' instead of `Usage:'). */
208 __const
char *args_doc
;
210 /* If non-NULL, a string containing extra text to be printed before and
211 after the options in a long help message (separated by a vertical tab
215 /* A vector of argp_children structures, terminated by a member with a 0
216 argp field, pointing to child argps should be parsed with this one. Any
217 conflicts are resolved in favor of this argp, or early argps in the
218 CHILDREN list. This field is useful if you use libraries that supply
219 their own argp structure, which you want to use in conjunction with your
221 __const
struct argp_child
*children
;
223 /* If non-zero, this should be a function to filter the output of help
224 messages. KEY is either a key from an option, in which case TEXT is
225 that option's help text, or a special key from the ARGP_KEY_HELP_
226 defines, below, describing which other help text TEXT is. The function
227 should return either TEXT, if it should be used as-is, a replacement
228 string, which should be malloced, and will be freed by argp, or NULL,
229 meaning `print nothing'. The value for TEXT is *after* any translation
230 has been done, so if any of the replacement text also needs translation,
231 that should be done by the filter function. INPUT is either the input
232 supplied to argp_parse, or NULL, if argp_help was called directly. */
233 char *(*help_filter
) (int __key
, __const
char *__text
, void *__input
);
235 /* If non-zero the strings used in the argp library are translated using
236 the domain described by this string. Otherwise the currently installed
237 default domain is used. */
238 const char *argp_domain
;
241 /* Possible KEY arguments to a help filter function. */
242 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_PRE_DOC 0x2000001 /* Help text preceeding options. */
243 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_POST_DOC 0x2000002 /* Help text following options. */
244 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_HEADER 0x2000003 /* Option header string. */
245 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_EXTRA 0x2000004 /* After all other documentation;
246 TEXT is NULL for this key. */
247 /* Explanatory note emitted when duplicate option arguments have been
249 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_DUP_ARGS_NOTE 0x2000005
250 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_ARGS_DOC 0x2000006 /* Argument doc string. */
252 /* When an argp has a non-zero CHILDREN field, it should point to a vector of
253 argp_child structures, each of which describes a subsidiary argp. */
256 /* The child parser. */
257 __const
struct argp
*argp
;
259 /* Flags for this child. */
262 /* If non-zero, an optional header to be printed in help output before the
263 child options. As a side-effect, a non-zero value forces the child
264 options to be grouped together; to achieve this effect without actually
265 printing a header string, use a value of "". */
266 __const
char *header
;
268 /* Where to group the child options relative to the other (`consolidated')
269 options in the parent argp; the values are the same as the GROUP field
270 in argp_option structs, but all child-groupings follow parent options at
271 a particular group level. If both this field and HEADER are zero, then
272 they aren't grouped at all, but rather merged with the parent options
273 (merging the child's grouping levels with the parents). */
277 /* Parsing state. This is provided to parsing functions called by argp,
278 which may examine and, as noted, modify fields. */
281 /* The top level ARGP being parsed. */
282 __const
struct argp
*root_argp
;
284 /* The argument vector being parsed. May be modified. */
288 /* The index in ARGV of the next arg that to be parsed. May be modified. */
291 /* The flags supplied to argp_parse. May be modified. */
294 /* While calling a parsing function with a key of ARGP_KEY_ARG, this is the
295 number of the current arg, starting at zero, and incremented after each
296 such call returns. At all other times, this is the number of such
297 arguments that have been processed. */
300 /* If non-zero, the index in ARGV of the first argument following a special
301 `--' argument (which prevents anything following being interpreted as an
302 option). Only set once argument parsing has proceeded past this point. */
305 /* An arbitrary pointer passed in from the user. */
307 /* Values to pass to child parsers. This vector will be the same length as
308 the number of children for the current parser. */
311 /* For the parser's use. Initialized to 0. */
314 /* The name used when printing messages. This is initialized to ARGV[0],
315 or PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME if that is unavailable. */
318 /* Streams used when argp prints something. */
319 FILE *err_stream
; /* For errors; initialized to stderr. */
320 FILE *out_stream
; /* For information; initialized to stdout. */
322 void *pstate
; /* Private, for use by argp. */
325 /* Flags for argp_parse (note that the defaults are those that are
326 convenient for program command line parsing): */
328 /* Don't ignore the first element of ARGV. Normally (and always unless
329 ARGP_NO_ERRS is set) the first element of the argument vector is
330 skipped for option parsing purposes, as it corresponds to the program name
331 in a command line. */
332 #define ARGP_PARSE_ARGV0 0x01
334 /* Don't print error messages for unknown options to stderr; unless this flag
335 is set, ARGP_PARSE_ARGV0 is ignored, as ARGV[0] is used as the program
336 name in the error messages. This flag implies ARGP_NO_EXIT (on the
337 assumption that silent exiting upon errors is bad behaviour). */
338 #define ARGP_NO_ERRS 0x02
340 /* Don't parse any non-option args. Normally non-option args are parsed by
341 calling the parse functions with a key of ARGP_KEY_ARG, and the actual arg
342 as the value. Since it's impossible to know which parse function wants to
343 handle it, each one is called in turn, until one returns 0 or an error
344 other than ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN; if an argument is handled by no one, the
345 argp_parse returns prematurely (but with a return value of 0). If all
346 args have been parsed without error, all parsing functions are called one
347 last time with a key of ARGP_KEY_END. This flag needn't normally be set,
348 as the normal behavior is to stop parsing as soon as some argument can't
350 #define ARGP_NO_ARGS 0x04
352 /* Parse options and arguments in the same order they occur on the command
353 line -- normally they're rearranged so that all options come first. */
354 #define ARGP_IN_ORDER 0x08
356 /* Don't provide the standard long option --help, which causes usage and
357 option help information to be output to stdout, and exit (0) called. */
358 #define ARGP_NO_HELP 0x10
360 /* Don't exit on errors (they may still result in error messages). */
361 #define ARGP_NO_EXIT 0x20
363 /* Use the gnu getopt `long-only' rules for parsing arguments. */
364 #define ARGP_LONG_ONLY 0x40
366 /* Turns off any message-printing/exiting options. */
367 #define ARGP_SILENT (ARGP_NO_EXIT | ARGP_NO_ERRS | ARGP_NO_HELP)
369 /* Parse the options strings in ARGC & ARGV according to the options in ARGP.
370 FLAGS is one of the ARGP_ flags above. If ARG_INDEX is non-NULL, the
371 index in ARGV of the first unparsed option is returned in it. If an
372 unknown option is present, ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN is returned; if some parser
373 routine returned a non-zero value, it is returned; otherwise 0 is
374 returned. This function may also call exit unless the ARGP_NO_HELP flag
375 is set. INPUT is a pointer to a value to be passed in to the parser. */
376 extern error_t
argp_parse (__const
struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
377 int __argc
, char **__restrict __argv
,
378 unsigned __flags
, int *__restrict __arg_index
,
379 void *__restrict __input
) __THROW
;
380 extern error_t
__argp_parse (__const
struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
381 int __argc
, char **__restrict __argv
,
382 unsigned __flags
, int *__restrict __arg_index
,
383 void *__restrict __input
) __THROW
;
385 /* Global variables. */
387 /* If defined or set by the user program to a non-zero value, then a default
388 option --version is added (unless the ARGP_NO_HELP flag is used), which
389 will print this string followed by a newline and exit (unless the
390 ARGP_NO_EXIT flag is used). Overridden by ARGP_PROGRAM_VERSION_HOOK. */
391 extern __const
char *argp_program_version
;
393 /* If defined or set by the user program to a non-zero value, then a default
394 option --version is added (unless the ARGP_NO_HELP flag is used), which
395 calls this function with a stream to print the version to and a pointer to
396 the current parsing state, and then exits (unless the ARGP_NO_EXIT flag is
397 used). This variable takes precedent over ARGP_PROGRAM_VERSION. */
398 extern void (*argp_program_version_hook
) (FILE *__restrict __stream
,
399 struct argp_state
*__restrict
402 /* If defined or set by the user program, it should point to string that is
403 the bug-reporting address for the program. It will be printed by
404 argp_help if the ARGP_HELP_BUG_ADDR flag is set (as it is by various
405 standard help messages), embedded in a sentence that says something like
406 `Report bugs to ADDR.'. */
407 extern __const
char *argp_program_bug_address
;
409 /* The exit status that argp will use when exiting due to a parsing error.
410 If not defined or set by the user program, this defaults to EX_USAGE from
412 extern error_t argp_err_exit_status
;
414 /* Flags for argp_help. */
415 #define ARGP_HELP_USAGE 0x01 /* a Usage: message. */
416 #define ARGP_HELP_SHORT_USAGE 0x02 /* " but don't actually print options. */
417 #define ARGP_HELP_SEE 0x04 /* a `Try ... for more help' message. */
418 #define ARGP_HELP_LONG 0x08 /* a long help message. */
419 #define ARGP_HELP_PRE_DOC 0x10 /* doc string preceding long help. */
420 #define ARGP_HELP_POST_DOC 0x20 /* doc string following long help. */
421 #define ARGP_HELP_DOC (ARGP_HELP_PRE_DOC | ARGP_HELP_POST_DOC)
422 #define ARGP_HELP_BUG_ADDR 0x40 /* bug report address */
423 #define ARGP_HELP_LONG_ONLY 0x80 /* modify output appropriately to
424 reflect ARGP_LONG_ONLY mode. */
426 /* These ARGP_HELP flags are only understood by argp_state_help. */
427 #define ARGP_HELP_EXIT_ERR 0x100 /* Call exit(1) instead of returning. */
428 #define ARGP_HELP_EXIT_OK 0x200 /* Call exit(0) instead of returning. */
430 /* The standard thing to do after a program command line parsing error, if an
431 error message has already been printed. */
432 #define ARGP_HELP_STD_ERR \
433 (ARGP_HELP_SEE | ARGP_HELP_EXIT_ERR)
434 /* The standard thing to do after a program command line parsing error, if no
435 more specific error message has been printed. */
436 #define ARGP_HELP_STD_USAGE \
437 (ARGP_HELP_SHORT_USAGE | ARGP_HELP_SEE | ARGP_HELP_EXIT_ERR)
438 /* The standard thing to do in response to a --help option. */
439 #define ARGP_HELP_STD_HELP \
440 (ARGP_HELP_SHORT_USAGE | ARGP_HELP_LONG | ARGP_HELP_EXIT_OK \
441 | ARGP_HELP_DOC | ARGP_HELP_BUG_ADDR)
443 /* Output a usage message for ARGP to STREAM. FLAGS are from the set
445 extern void argp_help (__const
struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
446 FILE *__restrict __stream
,
447 unsigned __flags
, char *__restrict __name
) __THROW
;
448 extern void __argp_help (__const
struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
449 FILE *__restrict __stream
, unsigned __flags
,
450 char *__name
) __THROW
;
452 /* The following routines are intended to be called from within an argp
453 parsing routine (thus taking an argp_state structure as the first
454 argument). They may or may not print an error message and exit, depending
455 on the flags in STATE -- in any case, the caller should be prepared for
456 them *not* to exit, and should return an appropiate error after calling
457 them. [argp_usage & argp_error should probably be called argp_state_...,
458 but they're used often enough that they should be short] */
460 /* Output, if appropriate, a usage message for STATE to STREAM. FLAGS are
461 from the set ARGP_HELP_*. */
462 extern void argp_state_help (__const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
463 FILE *__restrict __stream
,
464 unsigned int __flags
) __THROW
;
465 extern void __argp_state_help (__const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
466 FILE *__restrict __stream
,
467 unsigned int __flags
) __THROW
;
469 /* Possibly output the standard usage message for ARGP to stderr and exit. */
470 extern void argp_usage (__const
struct argp_state
*__state
) __THROW
;
471 extern void __argp_usage (__const
struct argp_state
*__state
) __THROW
;
473 /* If appropriate, print the printf string FMT and following args, preceded
474 by the program name and `:', to stderr, and followed by a `Try ... --help'
475 message, then exit (1). */
476 extern void argp_error (__const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
477 __const
char *__restrict __fmt
, ...) __THROW
478 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__
, 2, 3)));
479 extern void __argp_error (__const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
480 __const
char *__restrict __fmt
, ...) __THROW
481 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__
, 2, 3)));
483 /* Similar to the standard gnu error-reporting function error(), but will
484 respect the ARGP_NO_EXIT and ARGP_NO_ERRS flags in STATE, and will print
485 to STATE->err_stream. This is useful for argument parsing code that is
486 shared between program startup (when exiting is desired) and runtime
487 option parsing (when typically an error code is returned instead). The
488 difference between this function and argp_error is that the latter is for
489 *parsing errors*, and the former is for other problems that occur during
490 parsing but don't reflect a (syntactic) problem with the input. */
491 extern void argp_failure (__const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
492 int __status
, int __errnum
,
493 __const
char *__restrict __fmt
, ...) __THROW
494 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__
, 4, 5)));
495 extern void __argp_failure (__const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
496 int __status
, int __errnum
,
497 __const
char *__restrict __fmt
, ...) __THROW
498 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__
, 4, 5)));
500 /* Returns true if the option OPT is a valid short option. */
501 extern int _option_is_short (__const
struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
;
502 extern int __option_is_short (__const
struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
;
504 /* Returns true if the option OPT is in fact the last (unused) entry in an
506 extern int _option_is_end (__const
struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
;
507 extern int __option_is_end (__const
struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
;
509 /* Return the input field for ARGP in the parser corresponding to STATE; used
510 by the help routines. */
511 extern void *_argp_input (__const
struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
512 __const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
)
514 extern void *__argp_input (__const
struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
515 __const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
)
518 #ifdef __USE_EXTERN_INLINES
521 # define __argp_usage argp_usage
522 # define __argp_state_help argp_state_help
523 # define __option_is_short _option_is_short
524 # define __option_is_end _option_is_end
528 # define ARGP_EI extern __inline__
532 __argp_usage (__const
struct argp_state
*__state
) __THROW
534 __argp_state_help (__state
, stderr
, ARGP_HELP_STD_USAGE
);
538 __option_is_short (__const
struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
540 if (__opt
->flags
& OPTION_DOC
)
544 int __key
= __opt
->key
;
545 return __key
> 0 && isprint (__key
);
550 __option_is_end (__const
struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
552 return !__opt
->key
&& !__opt
->name
&& !__opt
->doc
&& !__opt
->group
;
557 # undef __argp_state_help
558 # undef __option_is_short
559 # undef __option_is_end
561 #endif /* Use extern inlines. */