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25 .TH GETSUBOPT 3 2014-04-08 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
27 getsubopt \- parse suboption arguments from a string
29 .B #include <stdlib.h>
31 .BI "int getsubopt(char **"optionp ", char * const *" tokens \
35 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
36 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
43 _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >= 500 ||
44 _XOPEN_SOURCE\ &&\ _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
46 || /* Since glibc 2.12: */ _POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200809L
52 parses the list of comma-separated suboptions provided in
54 (Such a suboption list is typically produced when
56 is used to parse a command line;
57 see for example the \fI-o\fP option of
59 Each suboption may include an associated value,
60 which is separated from the suboption name by an equal sign.
61 The following is an example of the kind of string
62 that might be passed in
71 argument is a pointer to a NULL-terminated array of pointers to the tokens that
75 The tokens should be distinct, null-terminated strings containing at
76 least one character, with no embedded equal signs or commas.
80 returns information about the next unprocessed suboption in
82 The first equal sign in a suboption (if any) is interpreted as a
83 separator between the name and the value of that suboption.
84 The value extends to the next comma,
85 or (for the last suboption) to the end of the string.
86 If the name of the suboption matches a known name from
88 and a value string was found,
92 to the address of that string.
95 is overwritten with a null byte, so
97 is precisely the "value string" for that suboption.
99 If the suboption is recognized, but no value string was found,
107 points to the next suboption,
108 or to the null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq) at the end of the
109 string if the last suboption was just processed.
111 If the first suboption in
115 returns the index of the matching suboption element in
117 Otherwise, \-1 is returned and
125 is changed, the first suboption before the call to
127 is not (necessarily) the same as the first suboption after
130 .SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
133 function is thread-safe.
140 overwrites any commas it finds in the string
142 that string must be writable; it cannot be a string constant.
144 The following program expects suboptions following a "\-o" option.
147 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500
153 main(int argc, char **argv)
160 char *const token[] = {
175 while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "o:")) != \-1) {
179 while (*subopts != \(aq\\0\(aq && !errfnd) {
181 switch (getsubopt(&subopts, token, &value)) {
192 fprintf(stderr, "Missing value for "
193 "suboption \(aq%s\(aq\\n", token[NAME_OPT]);
202 fprintf(stderr, "No match found "
203 "for token: /%s/\\n", value);
208 if (readwrite && readonly) {
209 fprintf(stderr, "Only one of \(aq%s\(aq and \(aq%s\(aq can be "
210 "specified\\n", token[RO_OPT], token[RW_OPT]);
220 if (errfnd || argc == 1) {
221 fprintf(stderr, "\\nUsage: %s \-o <suboptstring>\\n", argv[0]);
222 fprintf(stderr, "suboptions are \(aqro\(aq, \(aqrw\(aq, "
223 "and \(aqname=<value>\(aq\\n");
227 /* Remainder of program... */