1 /* Hierarchial argument parsing, layered over getopt.
2 Copyright (C) 1995-2014 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 Lesser General Public
8 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
9 version 2.1 of the 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
17 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
18 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
28 #define __need_error_t
35 # define __NTH(fct) fct __THROW
39 /* This feature is available in gcc versions 2.5 and later. */
40 # if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 5) || __STRICT_ANSI__
41 # define __attribute__(Spec) /* empty */
43 /* The __-protected variants of `format' and `printf' attributes
44 are accepted by gcc versions 2.6.4 (effectively 2.7) and later. */
45 # if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 7) || __STRICT_ANSI__
46 # define __format__ format
47 # define __printf__ printf
51 /* GCC 2.95 and later have "__restrict"; C99 compilers have
52 "restrict", and "configure" may have defined "restrict". */
54 # if ! (2 < __GNUC__ || (2 == __GNUC__ && 95 <= __GNUC_MINOR__))
55 # if defined restrict || 199901L <= __STDC_VERSION__
56 # define __restrict restrict
63 #ifndef __error_t_defined
65 # define __error_t_defined
72 /* A description of a particular option. A pointer to an array of
73 these is passed in the OPTIONS field of an argp structure. Each option
74 entry can correspond to one long option and/or one short option; more
75 names for the same option can be added by following an entry in an option
76 array with options having the OPTION_ALIAS flag set. */
79 /* The long option name. For more than one name for the same option, you
80 can use following options with the OPTION_ALIAS flag set. */
83 /* What key is returned for this option. If > 0 and printable, then it's
84 also accepted as a short option. */
87 /* If non-NULL, this is the name of the argument associated with this
88 option, which is required unless the OPTION_ARG_OPTIONAL flag is set. */
94 /* The doc string for this option. If both NAME and KEY are 0, This string
95 will be printed outdented from the normal option column, making it
96 useful as a group header (it will be the first thing printed in its
97 group); in this usage, it's conventional to end the string with a `:'. */
100 /* The group this option is in. In a long help message, options are sorted
101 alphabetically within each group, and the groups presented in the order
102 0, 1, 2, ..., n, -m, ..., -2, -1. Every entry in an options array with
103 if this field 0 will inherit the group number of the previous entry, or
104 zero if it's the first one, unless its a group header (NAME and KEY both
105 0), in which case, the previous entry + 1 is the default. Automagic
106 options such as --help are put into group -1. */
110 /* The argument associated with this option is optional. */
111 #define OPTION_ARG_OPTIONAL 0x1
113 /* This option isn't displayed in any help messages. */
114 #define OPTION_HIDDEN 0x2
116 /* This option is an alias for the closest previous non-alias option. This
117 means that it will be displayed in the same help entry, and will inherit
118 fields other than NAME and KEY from the aliased option. */
119 #define OPTION_ALIAS 0x4
121 /* This option isn't actually an option (and so should be ignored by the
122 actual option parser), but rather an arbitrary piece of documentation that
123 should be displayed in much the same manner as the options. If this flag
124 is set, then the option NAME field is displayed unmodified (e.g., no `--'
125 prefix is added) at the left-margin (where a *short* option would normally
126 be displayed), and the documentation string in the normal place. For
127 purposes of sorting, any leading whitespace and punctuation is ignored,
128 except that if the first non-whitespace character is not `-', this entry
129 is displayed after all options (and OPTION_DOC entries with a leading `-')
130 in the same group. */
131 #define OPTION_DOC 0x8
133 /* This option shouldn't be included in `long' usage messages (but is still
134 included in help messages). This is mainly intended for options that are
135 completely documented in an argp's ARGS_DOC field, in which case including
136 the option in the generic usage list would be redundant. For instance,
137 if ARGS_DOC is "FOO BAR\n-x BLAH", and the `-x' option's purpose is to
138 distinguish these two cases, -x should probably be marked
140 #define OPTION_NO_USAGE 0x10
142 struct argp
; /* fwd declare this type */
143 struct argp_state
; /* " */
144 struct argp_child
; /* " */
146 /* The type of a pointer to an argp parsing function. */
147 typedef error_t (*argp_parser_t
) (int __key
, char *__arg
,
148 struct argp_state
*__state
);
150 /* What to return for unrecognized keys. For special ARGP_KEY_ keys, such
151 returns will simply be ignored. For user keys, this error will be turned
152 into EINVAL (if the call to argp_parse is such that errors are propagated
153 back to the user instead of exiting); returning EINVAL itself would result
154 in an immediate stop to parsing in *all* cases. */
155 #define ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN E2BIG /* Hurd should never need E2BIG. XXX */
157 /* Special values for the KEY argument to an argument parsing function.
158 ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN should be returned if they aren't understood.
160 The sequence of keys to a parsing function is either (where each
161 uppercased word should be prefixed by `ARGP_KEY_' and opt is a user key):
163 INIT opt... NO_ARGS END SUCCESS -- No non-option arguments at all
164 or INIT (opt | ARG)... END SUCCESS -- All non-option args parsed
165 or INIT (opt | ARG)... SUCCESS -- Some non-option arg unrecognized
167 The third case is where every parser returned ARGP_KEY_UNKNOWN for an
168 argument, in which case parsing stops at that argument (returning the
169 unparsed arguments to the caller of argp_parse if requested, or stopping
170 with an error message if not).
172 If an error occurs (either detected by argp, or because the parsing
173 function returned an error value), then the parser is called with
174 ARGP_KEY_ERROR, and no further calls are made. */
176 /* This is not an option at all, but rather a command line argument. If a
177 parser receiving this key returns success, the fact is recorded, and the
178 ARGP_KEY_NO_ARGS case won't be used. HOWEVER, if while processing the
179 argument, a parser function decrements the NEXT field of the state it's
180 passed, the option won't be considered processed; this is to allow you to
181 actually modify the argument (perhaps into an option), and have it
183 #define ARGP_KEY_ARG 0
184 /* There are remaining arguments not parsed by any parser, which may be found
185 starting at (STATE->argv + STATE->next). If success is returned, but
186 STATE->next left untouched, it's assumed that all arguments were consume,
187 otherwise, the parser should adjust STATE->next to reflect any arguments
189 #define ARGP_KEY_ARGS 0x1000006
190 /* There are no more command line arguments at all. */
191 #define ARGP_KEY_END 0x1000001
192 /* Because it's common to want to do some special processing if there aren't
193 any non-option args, user parsers are called with this key if they didn't
194 successfully process any non-option arguments. Called just before
195 ARGP_KEY_END (where more general validity checks on previously parsed
196 arguments can take place). */
197 #define ARGP_KEY_NO_ARGS 0x1000002
198 /* Passed in before any parsing is done. Afterwards, the values of each
199 element of the CHILD_INPUT field, if any, in the state structure is
200 copied to each child's state to be the initial value of the INPUT field. */
201 #define ARGP_KEY_INIT 0x1000003
202 /* Use after all other keys, including SUCCESS & END. */
203 #define ARGP_KEY_FINI 0x1000007
204 /* Passed in when parsing has successfully been completed (even if there are
205 still arguments remaining). */
206 #define ARGP_KEY_SUCCESS 0x1000004
207 /* Passed in if an error occurs. */
208 #define ARGP_KEY_ERROR 0x1000005
210 /* An argp structure contains a set of options declarations, a function to
211 deal with parsing one, documentation string, a possible vector of child
212 argp's, and perhaps a function to filter help output. When actually
213 parsing options, getopt is called with the union of all the argp
214 structures chained together through their CHILD pointers, with conflicts
215 being resolved in favor of the first occurrence in the chain. */
218 /* An array of argp_option structures, terminated by an entry with both
219 NAME and KEY having a value of 0. */
220 const struct argp_option
*options
;
222 /* What to do with an option from this structure. KEY is the key
223 associated with the option, and ARG is any associated argument (NULL if
224 none was supplied). If KEY isn't understood, ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN should be
225 returned. If a non-zero, non-ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN value is returned, then
226 parsing is stopped immediately, and that value is returned from
227 argp_parse(). For special (non-user-supplied) values of KEY, see the
228 ARGP_KEY_ definitions below. */
229 argp_parser_t parser
;
231 /* A string describing what other arguments are wanted by this program. It
232 is only used by argp_usage to print the `Usage:' message. If it
233 contains newlines, the strings separated by them are considered
234 alternative usage patterns, and printed on separate lines (lines after
235 the first are prefix by ` or: ' instead of `Usage:'). */
236 const char *args_doc
;
238 /* If non-NULL, a string containing extra text to be printed before and
239 after the options in a long help message (separated by a vertical tab
243 /* A vector of argp_children structures, terminated by a member with a 0
244 argp field, pointing to child argps should be parsed with this one. Any
245 conflicts are resolved in favor of this argp, or early argps in the
246 CHILDREN list. This field is useful if you use libraries that supply
247 their own argp structure, which you want to use in conjunction with your
249 const struct argp_child
*children
;
251 /* If non-zero, this should be a function to filter the output of help
252 messages. KEY is either a key from an option, in which case TEXT is
253 that option's help text, or a special key from the ARGP_KEY_HELP_
254 defines, below, describing which other help text TEXT is. The function
255 should return either TEXT, if it should be used as-is, a replacement
256 string, which should be malloced, and will be freed by argp, or NULL,
257 meaning `print nothing'. The value for TEXT is *after* any translation
258 has been done, so if any of the replacement text also needs translation,
259 that should be done by the filter function. INPUT is either the input
260 supplied to argp_parse, or NULL, if argp_help was called directly. */
261 char *(*help_filter
) (int __key
, const char *__text
, void *__input
);
263 /* If non-zero the strings used in the argp library are translated using
264 the domain described by this string. Otherwise the currently installed
265 default domain is used. */
266 const char *argp_domain
;
269 /* Possible KEY arguments to a help filter function. */
270 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_PRE_DOC 0x2000001 /* Help text preceeding options. */
271 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_POST_DOC 0x2000002 /* Help text following options. */
272 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_HEADER 0x2000003 /* Option header string. */
273 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_EXTRA 0x2000004 /* After all other documentation;
274 TEXT is NULL for this key. */
275 /* Explanatory note emitted when duplicate option arguments have been
277 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_DUP_ARGS_NOTE 0x2000005
278 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_ARGS_DOC 0x2000006 /* Argument doc string. */
280 /* When an argp has a non-zero CHILDREN field, it should point to a vector of
281 argp_child structures, each of which describes a subsidiary argp. */
284 /* The child parser. */
285 const struct argp
*argp
;
287 /* Flags for this child. */
290 /* If non-zero, an optional header to be printed in help output before the
291 child options. As a side-effect, a non-zero value forces the child
292 options to be grouped together; to achieve this effect without actually
293 printing a header string, use a value of "". */
296 /* Where to group the child options relative to the other (`consolidated')
297 options in the parent argp; the values are the same as the GROUP field
298 in argp_option structs, but all child-groupings follow parent options at
299 a particular group level. If both this field and HEADER are zero, then
300 they aren't grouped at all, but rather merged with the parent options
301 (merging the child's grouping levels with the parents). */
305 /* Parsing state. This is provided to parsing functions called by argp,
306 which may examine and, as noted, modify fields. */
309 /* The top level ARGP being parsed. */
310 const struct argp
*root_argp
;
312 /* The argument vector being parsed. May be modified. */
316 /* The index in ARGV of the next arg that to be parsed. May be modified. */
319 /* The flags supplied to argp_parse. May be modified. */
322 /* While calling a parsing function with a key of ARGP_KEY_ARG, this is the
323 number of the current arg, starting at zero, and incremented after each
324 such call returns. At all other times, this is the number of such
325 arguments that have been processed. */
328 /* If non-zero, the index in ARGV of the first argument following a special
329 `--' argument (which prevents anything following being interpreted as an
330 option). Only set once argument parsing has proceeded past this point. */
333 /* An arbitrary pointer passed in from the user. */
335 /* Values to pass to child parsers. This vector will be the same length as
336 the number of children for the current parser. */
339 /* For the parser's use. Initialized to 0. */
342 /* The name used when printing messages. This is initialized to ARGV[0],
343 or PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME if that is unavailable. */
346 /* Streams used when argp prints something. */
347 FILE *err_stream
; /* For errors; initialized to stderr. */
348 FILE *out_stream
; /* For information; initialized to stdout. */
350 void *pstate
; /* Private, for use by argp. */
353 /* Flags for argp_parse (note that the defaults are those that are
354 convenient for program command line parsing): */
356 /* Don't ignore the first element of ARGV. Normally (and always unless
357 ARGP_NO_ERRS is set) the first element of the argument vector is
358 skipped for option parsing purposes, as it corresponds to the program name
359 in a command line. */
360 #define ARGP_PARSE_ARGV0 0x01
362 /* Don't print error messages for unknown options to stderr; unless this flag
363 is set, ARGP_PARSE_ARGV0 is ignored, as ARGV[0] is used as the program
364 name in the error messages. This flag implies ARGP_NO_EXIT (on the
365 assumption that silent exiting upon errors is bad behaviour). */
366 #define ARGP_NO_ERRS 0x02
368 /* Don't parse any non-option args. Normally non-option args are parsed by
369 calling the parse functions with a key of ARGP_KEY_ARG, and the actual arg
370 as the value. Since it's impossible to know which parse function wants to
371 handle it, each one is called in turn, until one returns 0 or an error
372 other than ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN; if an argument is handled by no one, the
373 argp_parse returns prematurely (but with a return value of 0). If all
374 args have been parsed without error, all parsing functions are called one
375 last time with a key of ARGP_KEY_END. This flag needn't normally be set,
376 as the normal behavior is to stop parsing as soon as some argument can't
378 #define ARGP_NO_ARGS 0x04
380 /* Parse options and arguments in the same order they occur on the command
381 line -- normally they're rearranged so that all options come first. */
382 #define ARGP_IN_ORDER 0x08
384 /* Don't provide the standard long option --help, which causes usage and
385 option help information to be output to stdout, and exit (0) called. */
386 #define ARGP_NO_HELP 0x10
388 /* Don't exit on errors (they may still result in error messages). */
389 #define ARGP_NO_EXIT 0x20
391 /* Use the gnu getopt `long-only' rules for parsing arguments. */
392 #define ARGP_LONG_ONLY 0x40
394 /* Turns off any message-printing/exiting options. */
395 #define ARGP_SILENT (ARGP_NO_EXIT | ARGP_NO_ERRS | ARGP_NO_HELP)
397 /* Parse the options strings in ARGC & ARGV according to the options in ARGP.
398 FLAGS is one of the ARGP_ flags above. If ARG_INDEX is non-NULL, the
399 index in ARGV of the first unparsed option is returned in it. If an
400 unknown option is present, ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN is returned; if some parser
401 routine returned a non-zero value, it is returned; otherwise 0 is
402 returned. This function may also call exit unless the ARGP_NO_HELP flag
403 is set. INPUT is a pointer to a value to be passed in to the parser. */
404 extern error_t
argp_parse (const struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
405 int __argc
, char **__restrict __argv
,
406 unsigned __flags
, int *__restrict __arg_index
,
407 void *__restrict __input
);
408 extern error_t
__argp_parse (const struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
409 int __argc
, char **__restrict __argv
,
410 unsigned __flags
, int *__restrict __arg_index
,
411 void *__restrict __input
);
413 /* Global variables. */
415 /* If defined or set by the user program to a non-zero value, then a default
416 option --version is added (unless the ARGP_NO_HELP flag is used), which
417 will print this string followed by a newline and exit (unless the
418 ARGP_NO_EXIT flag is used). Overridden by ARGP_PROGRAM_VERSION_HOOK. */
419 extern const char *argp_program_version
;
421 /* If defined or set by the user program to a non-zero value, then a default
422 option --version is added (unless the ARGP_NO_HELP flag is used), which
423 calls this function with a stream to print the version to and a pointer to
424 the current parsing state, and then exits (unless the ARGP_NO_EXIT flag is
425 used). This variable takes precedent over ARGP_PROGRAM_VERSION. */
426 extern void (*argp_program_version_hook
) (FILE *__restrict __stream
,
427 struct argp_state
*__restrict
430 /* If defined or set by the user program, it should point to string that is
431 the bug-reporting address for the program. It will be printed by
432 argp_help if the ARGP_HELP_BUG_ADDR flag is set (as it is by various
433 standard help messages), embedded in a sentence that says something like
434 `Report bugs to ADDR.'. */
435 extern const char *argp_program_bug_address
;
437 /* The exit status that argp will use when exiting due to a parsing error.
438 If not defined or set by the user program, this defaults to EX_USAGE from
440 extern error_t argp_err_exit_status
;
442 /* Flags for argp_help. */
443 #define ARGP_HELP_USAGE 0x01 /* a Usage: message. */
444 #define ARGP_HELP_SHORT_USAGE 0x02 /* " but don't actually print options. */
445 #define ARGP_HELP_SEE 0x04 /* a `Try ... for more help' message. */
446 #define ARGP_HELP_LONG 0x08 /* a long help message. */
447 #define ARGP_HELP_PRE_DOC 0x10 /* doc string preceding long help. */
448 #define ARGP_HELP_POST_DOC 0x20 /* doc string following long help. */
449 #define ARGP_HELP_DOC (ARGP_HELP_PRE_DOC | ARGP_HELP_POST_DOC)
450 #define ARGP_HELP_BUG_ADDR 0x40 /* bug report address */
451 #define ARGP_HELP_LONG_ONLY 0x80 /* modify output appropriately to
452 reflect ARGP_LONG_ONLY mode. */
454 /* These ARGP_HELP flags are only understood by argp_state_help. */
455 #define ARGP_HELP_EXIT_ERR 0x100 /* Call exit(1) instead of returning. */
456 #define ARGP_HELP_EXIT_OK 0x200 /* Call exit(0) instead of returning. */
458 /* The standard thing to do after a program command line parsing error, if an
459 error message has already been printed. */
460 #define ARGP_HELP_STD_ERR \
461 (ARGP_HELP_SEE | ARGP_HELP_EXIT_ERR)
462 /* The standard thing to do after a program command line parsing error, if no
463 more specific error message has been printed. */
464 #define ARGP_HELP_STD_USAGE \
465 (ARGP_HELP_SHORT_USAGE | ARGP_HELP_SEE | ARGP_HELP_EXIT_ERR)
466 /* The standard thing to do in response to a --help option. */
467 #define ARGP_HELP_STD_HELP \
468 (ARGP_HELP_SHORT_USAGE | ARGP_HELP_LONG | ARGP_HELP_EXIT_OK \
469 | ARGP_HELP_DOC | ARGP_HELP_BUG_ADDR)
471 /* Output a usage message for ARGP to STREAM. FLAGS are from the set
473 extern void argp_help (const struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
474 FILE *__restrict __stream
,
475 unsigned __flags
, char *__restrict __name
);
476 extern void __argp_help (const struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
477 FILE *__restrict __stream
, unsigned __flags
,
480 /* The following routines are intended to be called from within an argp
481 parsing routine (thus taking an argp_state structure as the first
482 argument). They may or may not print an error message and exit, depending
483 on the flags in STATE -- in any case, the caller should be prepared for
484 them *not* to exit, and should return an appropiate error after calling
485 them. [argp_usage & argp_error should probably be called argp_state_...,
486 but they're used often enough that they should be short] */
488 /* Output, if appropriate, a usage message for STATE to STREAM. FLAGS are
489 from the set ARGP_HELP_*. */
490 extern void argp_state_help (const struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
491 FILE *__restrict __stream
,
492 unsigned int __flags
);
493 extern void __argp_state_help (const struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
494 FILE *__restrict __stream
,
495 unsigned int __flags
);
497 /* Possibly output the standard usage message for ARGP to stderr and exit. */
498 extern void argp_usage (const struct argp_state
*__state
);
499 extern void __argp_usage (const struct argp_state
*__state
);
501 /* If appropriate, print the printf string FMT and following args, preceded
502 by the program name and `:', to stderr, and followed by a `Try ... --help'
503 message, then exit (1). */
504 extern void argp_error (const struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
505 const char *__restrict __fmt
, ...)
506 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__
, 2, 3)));
507 extern void __argp_error (const struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
508 const char *__restrict __fmt
, ...)
509 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__
, 2, 3)));
511 /* Similar to the standard gnu error-reporting function error(), but will
512 respect the ARGP_NO_EXIT and ARGP_NO_ERRS flags in STATE, and will print
513 to STATE->err_stream. This is useful for argument parsing code that is
514 shared between program startup (when exiting is desired) and runtime
515 option parsing (when typically an error code is returned instead). The
516 difference between this function and argp_error is that the latter is for
517 *parsing errors*, and the former is for other problems that occur during
518 parsing but don't reflect a (syntactic) problem with the input. */
519 extern void argp_failure (const struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
520 int __status
, int __errnum
,
521 const char *__restrict __fmt
, ...)
522 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__
, 4, 5)));
523 extern void __argp_failure (const struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
524 int __status
, int __errnum
,
525 const char *__restrict __fmt
, ...)
526 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__
, 4, 5)));
528 /* Returns true if the option OPT is a valid short option. */
529 extern int _option_is_short (const struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
;
530 extern int __option_is_short (const struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
;
532 /* Returns true if the option OPT is in fact the last (unused) entry in an
534 extern int _option_is_end (const struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
;
535 extern int __option_is_end (const struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
;
537 /* Return the input field for ARGP in the parser corresponding to STATE; used
538 by the help routines. */
539 extern void *_argp_input (const struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
540 const struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
)
542 extern void *__argp_input (const struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
543 const struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
)
546 #ifdef __USE_EXTERN_INLINES
549 # define __argp_usage argp_usage
550 # define __argp_state_help argp_state_help
551 # define __option_is_short _option_is_short
552 # define __option_is_end _option_is_end
556 # define ARGP_EI __extern_inline
560 __argp_usage (const struct argp_state
*__state
)
562 __argp_state_help (__state
, stderr
, ARGP_HELP_STD_USAGE
);
566 __NTH (__option_is_short (const struct argp_option
*__opt
))
568 if (__opt
->flags
& OPTION_DOC
)
572 int __key
= __opt
->key
;
573 return __key
> 0 && __key
<= UCHAR_MAX
&& isprint (__key
);
578 __NTH (__option_is_end (const struct argp_option
*__opt
))
580 return !__opt
->key
&& !__opt
->name
&& !__opt
->doc
&& !__opt
->group
;
585 # undef __argp_state_help
586 # undef __option_is_short
587 # undef __option_is_end
589 #endif /* Use extern inlines. */