1 /* argmatch.c -- find a match for a string in an array
3 Copyright (C) 1990, 1998-1999, 2001-2007, 2009-2024 Free Software
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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
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17 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19 /* Written by David MacKenzie <djm@ai.mit.edu>
20 Modified by Akim Demaille <demaille@inf.enst.fr> */
31 #define _(msgid) gettext (msgid)
37 # include "unlocked-io.h"
40 /* When reporting an invalid argument, show nonprinting characters
41 by using the quoting style ARGMATCH_QUOTING_STYLE. Do not use
42 literal_quoting_style. */
43 #ifndef ARGMATCH_QUOTING_STYLE
44 # define ARGMATCH_QUOTING_STYLE locale_quoting_style
47 /* Non failing version of argmatch call this function after failing. */
49 # include "exitfail.h"
50 # define ARGMATCH_DIE exit (exit_failure)
53 #ifdef ARGMATCH_DIE_DECL
63 /* Used by XARGMATCH. See description in argmatch.h.
64 Default to __argmatch_die, but allow caller to change this at run-time. */
65 argmatch_exit_fn argmatch_die
= __argmatch_die
;
68 /* If ARG is an unambiguous match for an element of the
69 NULL-terminated array ARGLIST, return the index in ARGLIST
70 of the matched element, else -1 if it does not match any element
71 or -2 if it is ambiguous (is a prefix of more than one element).
73 If VALLIST is none null, use it to resolve ambiguities limited to
77 "y" is a valid argument, for 0, and "n" for 1. */
80 argmatch (const char *arg
, const char *const *arglist
,
81 const void *vallist
, size_t valsize
)
83 size_t i
; /* Temporary index in ARGLIST. */
84 size_t arglen
; /* Length of ARG. */
85 ptrdiff_t matchind
= -1; /* Index of first nonexact match. */
86 bool ambiguous
= false; /* If true, multiple nonexact match(es). */
88 arglen
= strlen (arg
);
90 /* Test all elements for either exact match or abbreviated matches. */
91 for (i
= 0; arglist
[i
]; i
++)
93 if (!strncmp (arglist
[i
], arg
, arglen
))
95 if (strlen (arglist
[i
]) == arglen
)
96 /* Exact match found. */
98 else if (matchind
== -1)
99 /* First nonexact match found. */
103 /* Second nonexact match found. */
105 || memcmp ((char const *) vallist
+ valsize
* matchind
,
106 (char const *) vallist
+ valsize
* i
, valsize
))
108 /* There is a real ambiguity, or we could not
122 argmatch_exact (const char *arg
, const char *const *arglist
)
126 /* Test elements for exact match. */
127 for (i
= 0; arglist
[i
]; i
++)
129 if (!strcmp (arglist
[i
], arg
))
136 /* Error reporting for argmatch.
137 CONTEXT is a description of the type of entity that was being matched.
138 VALUE is the invalid value that was given.
139 PROBLEM is the return value from argmatch. */
142 argmatch_invalid (const char *context
, const char *value
, ptrdiff_t problem
)
144 char const *format
= (problem
== -1
145 ? _("invalid argument %s for %s")
146 : _("ambiguous argument %s for %s"));
148 error (0, 0, format
, quotearg_n_style (0, ARGMATCH_QUOTING_STYLE
, value
),
149 quote_n (1, context
));
152 /* List the valid arguments for argmatch.
153 ARGLIST is the same as in argmatch.
154 VALLIST is a pointer to an array of values.
155 VALSIZE is the size of the elements of VALLIST */
157 argmatch_valid (const char *const *arglist
,
158 const void *vallist
, size_t valsize
)
161 const char *last_val
= NULL
;
163 /* We try to put synonyms on the same line. The assumption is that
164 synonyms follow each other */
165 fputs (_("Valid arguments are:"), stderr
);
166 for (i
= 0; arglist
[i
]; i
++)
168 || memcmp (last_val
, (char const *) vallist
+ valsize
* i
, valsize
))
170 fprintf (stderr
, "\n - %s", quote (arglist
[i
]));
171 last_val
= (char const *) vallist
+ valsize
* i
;
175 fprintf (stderr
, ", %s", quote (arglist
[i
]));
180 /* Never failing versions of the previous functions.
182 CONTEXT is the context for which argmatch is called (e.g.,
183 "--version-control", or "$VERSION_CONTROL" etc.). Upon failure,
184 calls the (supposed never to return) function EXIT_FN. */
187 __xargmatch_internal (const char *context
,
188 const char *arg
, const char *const *arglist
,
189 const void *vallist
, size_t valsize
,
190 argmatch_exit_fn exit_fn
,
191 bool allow_abbreviation
)
195 if (allow_abbreviation
)
196 res
= argmatch (arg
, arglist
, vallist
, valsize
);
198 res
= argmatch_exact (arg
, arglist
);
204 /* We failed. Explain why. */
205 argmatch_invalid (context
, arg
, res
);
206 argmatch_valid (arglist
, vallist
, valsize
);
209 return -1; /* To please the compilers. */
212 /* Look for VALUE in VALLIST, an array of objects of size VALSIZE and
213 return the first corresponding argument in ARGLIST */
215 argmatch_to_argument (const void *value
,
216 const char *const *arglist
,
217 const void *vallist
, size_t valsize
)
221 for (i
= 0; arglist
[i
]; i
++)
222 if (!memcmp (value
, (char const *) vallist
+ valsize
* i
, valsize
))
229 * Based on "getversion.c" by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
232 /* When to make backup files. */
235 /* Never make backups. */
238 /* Make simple backups of every file. */
241 /* Make numbered backups of files that already have numbered backups,
242 and simple backups of the others. */
243 numbered_existing_backups
,
245 /* Make numbered backups of every file. */
249 /* Two tables describing arguments (keys) and their corresponding
251 static const char *const backup_args
[] =
260 static const enum backup_type backup_vals
[] =
262 no_backups
, no_backups
, no_backups
,
263 simple_backups
, simple_backups
,
264 numbered_existing_backups
, numbered_existing_backups
,
265 numbered_backups
, numbered_backups
269 main (int argc
, const char *const *argv
)
272 enum backup_type backup_type
= no_backups
;
276 fprintf (stderr
, "Usage: %s [VERSION_CONTROL]\n", getprogname ());
280 if ((cp
= getenv ("VERSION_CONTROL")))
281 backup_type
= XARGMATCH ("$VERSION_CONTROL", cp
,
282 backup_args
, backup_vals
);
285 backup_type
= XARGMATCH (getprogname (), argv
[1],
286 backup_args
, backup_vals
);
288 printf ("The version control is '%s'\n",
289 ARGMATCH_TO_ARGUMENT (&backup_type
, backup_args
, backup_vals
));