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25 .TH GETSUBOPT 3 2019-03-06 "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)):
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
73 argument is a pointer to a NULL-terminated array of pointers to the tokens that
77 The tokens should be distinct, null-terminated strings containing at
78 least one character, with no embedded equal signs or commas.
82 returns information about the next unprocessed suboption in
84 The first equal sign in a suboption (if any) is interpreted as a
85 separator between the name and the value of that suboption.
86 The value extends to the next comma,
87 or (for the last suboption) to the end of the string.
88 If the name of the suboption matches a known name from
90 and a value string was found,
94 to the address of that string.
97 is overwritten with a null byte, so
99 is precisely the "value string" for that suboption.
101 If the suboption is recognized, but no value string was found,
109 points to the next suboption,
110 or to the null byte (\(aq\e0\(aq) at the end of the
111 string if the last suboption was just processed.
113 If the first suboption in
117 returns the index of the matching suboption element in
119 Otherwise, \-1 is returned and
127 is changed, the first suboption before the call to
129 is not (necessarily) the same as the first suboption after
132 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
138 Interface Attribute Value
141 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
144 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
149 overwrites any commas it finds in the string
151 that string must be writable; it cannot be a string constant.
153 The following program expects suboptions following a "\-o" option.
156 #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500
162 main(int argc, char **argv)
169 char *const token[] = {
184 while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "o:")) != \-1) {
188 while (*subopts != \(aq\e0\(aq && !errfnd) {
190 switch (getsubopt(&subopts, token, &value)) {
201 fprintf(stderr, "Missing value for "
202 "suboption \(aq%s\(aq\en", token[NAME_OPT]);
211 fprintf(stderr, "No match found "
212 "for token: /%s/\en", value);
217 if (readwrite && readonly) {
218 fprintf(stderr, "Only one of \(aq%s\(aq and \(aq%s\(aq can be "
219 "specified\en", token[RO_OPT], token[RW_OPT]);
229 if (errfnd || argc == 1) {
230 fprintf(stderr, "\enUsage: %s \-o <suboptstring>\en", argv[0]);
231 fprintf(stderr, "suboptions are \(aqro\(aq, \(aqrw\(aq, "
232 "and \(aqname=<value>\(aq\en");
236 /* Remainder of program... */