1 /* Hierarchial argument parsing, layered over getopt.
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4 Written by Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
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28 #define __need_error_t
32 # define __const const
40 /* This feature is available in gcc versions 2.5 and later. */
41 # if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 5) || __STRICT_ANSI__
42 # define __attribute__(Spec) /* empty */
44 /* The __-protected variants of `format' and `printf' attributes
45 are accepted by gcc versions 2.6.4 (effectively 2.7) and later. */
46 # if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 7) || __STRICT_ANSI__
47 # define __format__ format
48 # define __printf__ printf
52 #ifndef __error_t_defined
54 # define __error_t_defined
61 /* A description of a particular option. A pointer to an array of
62 these is passed in the OPTIONS field of an argp structure. Each option
63 entry can correspond to one long option and/or one short option; more
64 names for the same option can be added by following an entry in an option
65 array with options having the OPTION_ALIAS flag set. */
68 /* The long option name. For more than one name for the same option, you
69 can use following options with the OPTION_ALIAS flag set. */
72 /* What key is returned for this option. If > 0 and printable, then it's
73 also accepted as a short option. */
76 /* If non-NULL, this is the name of the argument associated with this
77 option, which is required unless the OPTION_ARG_OPTIONAL flag is set. */
83 /* The doc string for this option. If both NAME and KEY are 0, This string
84 will be printed outdented from the normal option column, making it
85 useful as a group header (it will be the first thing printed in its
86 group); in this usage, it's conventional to end the string with a `:'. */
89 /* The group this option is in. In a long help message, options are sorted
90 alphabetically within each group, and the groups presented in the order
91 0, 1, 2, ..., n, -m, ..., -2, -1. Every entry in an options array with
92 if this field 0 will inherit the group number of the previous entry, or
93 zero if it's the first one, unless its a group header (NAME and KEY both
94 0), in which case, the previous entry + 1 is the default. Automagic
95 options such as --help are put into group -1. */
99 /* The argument associated with this option is optional. */
100 #define OPTION_ARG_OPTIONAL 0x1
102 /* This option isn't displayed in any help messages. */
103 #define OPTION_HIDDEN 0x2
105 /* This option is an alias for the closest previous non-alias option. This
106 means that it will be displayed in the same help entry, and will inherit
107 fields other than NAME and KEY from the aliased option. */
108 #define OPTION_ALIAS 0x4
110 /* This option isn't actually an option (and so should be ignored by the
111 actual option parser), but rather an arbitrary piece of documentation that
112 should be displayed in much the same manner as the options. If this flag
113 is set, then the option NAME field is displayed unmodified (e.g., no `--'
114 prefix is added) at the left-margin (where a *short* option would normally
115 be displayed), and the documentation string in the normal place. For
116 purposes of sorting, any leading whitespace and punctuation is ignored,
117 except that if the first non-whitespace character is not `-', this entry
118 is displayed after all options (and OPTION_DOC entries with a leading `-')
119 in the same group. */
120 #define OPTION_DOC 0x8
122 /* This option shouldn't be included in `long' usage messages (but is still
123 included in help messages). This is mainly intended for options that are
124 completely documented in an argp's ARGS_DOC field, in which case including
125 the option in the generic usage list would be redundant. For instance,
126 if ARGS_DOC is "FOO BAR\n-x BLAH", and the `-x' option's purpose is to
127 distinguish these two cases, -x should probably be marked
129 #define OPTION_NO_USAGE 0x10
131 struct argp
; /* fwd declare this type */
132 struct argp_state
; /* " */
133 struct argp_child
; /* " */
135 /* The type of a pointer to an argp parsing function. */
136 typedef error_t (*argp_parser_t
) (int key
, char *arg
,
137 struct argp_state
*state
);
139 /* What to return for unrecognized keys. For special ARGP_KEY_ keys, such
140 returns will simply be ignored. For user keys, this error will be turned
141 into EINVAL (if the call to argp_parse is such that errors are propagated
142 back to the user instead of exiting); returning EINVAL itself would result
143 in an immediate stop to parsing in *all* cases. */
144 #define ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN E2BIG /* Hurd should never need E2BIG. XXX */
146 /* Special values for the KEY argument to an argument parsing function.
147 ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN should be returned if they aren't understood.
149 The sequence of keys to a parsing function is either (where each
150 uppercased word should be prefixed by `ARGP_KEY_' and opt is a user key):
152 INIT opt... NO_ARGS END SUCCESS -- No non-option arguments at all
153 or INIT (opt | ARG)... END SUCCESS -- All non-option args parsed
154 or INIT (opt | ARG)... SUCCESS -- Some non-option arg unrecognized
156 The third case is where every parser returned ARGP_KEY_UNKNOWN for an
157 argument, in which case parsing stops at that argument (returning the
158 unparsed arguments to the caller of argp_parse if requested, or stopping
159 with an error message if not).
161 If an error occurs (either detected by argp, or because the parsing
162 function returned an error value), then the parser is called with
163 ARGP_KEY_ERROR, and no further calls are made. */
165 /* This is not an option at all, but rather a command line argument. If a
166 parser receiving this key returns success, the fact is recorded, and the
167 ARGP_KEY_NO_ARGS case won't be used. HOWEVER, if while processing the
168 argument, a parser function decrements the NEXT field of the state it's
169 passed, the option won't be considered processed; this is to allow you to
170 actually modify the argument (perhaps into an option), and have it
172 #define ARGP_KEY_ARG 0
173 /* There are remaining arguments not parsed by any parser, which may be found
174 starting at (STATE->argv + STATE->next). If success is returned, but
175 STATE->next left untouched, it's assumed that all arguments were consume,
176 otherwise, the parser should adjust STATE->next to reflect any arguments
178 #define ARGP_KEY_ARGS 0x1000006
179 /* There are no more command line arguments at all. */
180 #define ARGP_KEY_END 0x1000001
181 /* Because it's common to want to do some special processing if there aren't
182 any non-option args, user parsers are called with this key if they didn't
183 successfully process any non-option arguments. Called just before
184 ARGP_KEY_END (where more general validity checks on previously parsed
185 arguments can take place). */
186 #define ARGP_KEY_NO_ARGS 0x1000002
187 /* Passed in before any parsing is done. Afterwards, the values of each
188 element of the CHILD_INPUT field, if any, in the state structure is
189 copied to each child's state to be the initial value of the INPUT field. */
190 #define ARGP_KEY_INIT 0x1000003
191 /* Use after all other keys, including SUCCESS & END. */
192 #define ARGP_KEY_FINI 0x1000007
193 /* Passed in when parsing has successfully been completed (even if there are
194 still arguments remaining). */
195 #define ARGP_KEY_SUCCESS 0x1000004
196 /* Passed in if an error occurs. */
197 #define ARGP_KEY_ERROR 0x1000005
199 /* An argp structure contains a set of options declarations, a function to
200 deal with parsing one, documentation string, a possible vector of child
201 argp's, and perhaps a function to filter help output. When actually
202 parsing options, getopt is called with the union of all the argp
203 structures chained together through their CHILD pointers, with conflicts
204 being resolved in favor of the first occurrence in the chain. */
207 /* An array of argp_option structures, terminated by an entry with both
208 NAME and KEY having a value of 0. */
209 __const
struct argp_option
*options
;
211 /* What to do with an option from this structure. KEY is the key
212 associated with the option, and ARG is any associated argument (NULL if
213 none was supplied). If KEY isn't understood, ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN should be
214 returned. If a non-zero, non-ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN value is returned, then
215 parsing is stopped immediately, and that value is returned from
216 argp_parse(). For special (non-user-supplied) values of KEY, see the
217 ARGP_KEY_ definitions below. */
218 argp_parser_t parser
;
220 /* A string describing what other arguments are wanted by this program. It
221 is only used by argp_usage to print the `Usage:' message. If it
222 contains newlines, the strings separated by them are considered
223 alternative usage patterns, and printed on separate lines (lines after
224 the first are prefix by ` or: ' instead of `Usage:'). */
225 __const
char *args_doc
;
227 /* If non-NULL, a string containing extra text to be printed before and
228 after the options in a long help message (separated by a vertical tab
232 /* A vector of argp_children structures, terminated by a member with a 0
233 argp field, pointing to child argps should be parsed with this one. Any
234 conflicts are resolved in favor of this argp, or early argps in the
235 CHILDREN list. This field is useful if you use libraries that supply
236 their own argp structure, which you want to use in conjunction with your
238 __const
struct argp_child
*children
;
240 /* If non-zero, this should be a function to filter the output of help
241 messages. KEY is either a key from an option, in which case TEXT is
242 that option's help text, or a special key from the ARGP_KEY_HELP_
243 defines, below, describing which other help text TEXT is. The function
244 should return either TEXT, if it should be used as-is, a replacement
245 string, which should be malloced, and will be freed by argp, or NULL,
246 meaning `print nothing'. The value for TEXT is *after* any translation
247 has been done, so if any of the replacement text also needs translation,
248 that should be done by the filter function. INPUT is either the input
249 supplied to argp_parse, or NULL, if argp_help was called directly. */
250 char *(*help_filter
) (int __key
, __const
char *__text
, void *__input
);
252 /* If non-zero the strings used in the argp library are translated using
253 the domain described by this string. Otherwise the currently installed
254 default domain is used. */
255 const char *argp_domain
;
258 /* Possible KEY arguments to a help filter function. */
259 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_PRE_DOC 0x2000001 /* Help text preceeding options. */
260 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_POST_DOC 0x2000002 /* Help text following options. */
261 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_HEADER 0x2000003 /* Option header string. */
262 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_EXTRA 0x2000004 /* After all other documentation;
263 TEXT is NULL for this key. */
264 /* Explanatory note emitted when duplicate option arguments have been
266 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_DUP_ARGS_NOTE 0x2000005
267 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_ARGS_DOC 0x2000006 /* Argument doc string. */
269 /* When an argp has a non-zero CHILDREN field, it should point to a vector of
270 argp_child structures, each of which describes a subsidiary argp. */
273 /* The child parser. */
274 __const
struct argp
*argp
;
276 /* Flags for this child. */
279 /* If non-zero, an optional header to be printed in help output before the
280 child options. As a side-effect, a non-zero value forces the child
281 options to be grouped together; to achieve this effect without actually
282 printing a header string, use a value of "". */
283 __const
char *header
;
285 /* Where to group the child options relative to the other (`consolidated')
286 options in the parent argp; the values are the same as the GROUP field
287 in argp_option structs, but all child-groupings follow parent options at
288 a particular group level. If both this field and HEADER are zero, then
289 they aren't grouped at all, but rather merged with the parent options
290 (merging the child's grouping levels with the parents). */
294 /* Parsing state. This is provided to parsing functions called by argp,
295 which may examine and, as noted, modify fields. */
298 /* The top level ARGP being parsed. */
299 __const
struct argp
*root_argp
;
301 /* The argument vector being parsed. May be modified. */
305 /* The index in ARGV of the next arg that to be parsed. May be modified. */
308 /* The flags supplied to argp_parse. May be modified. */
311 /* While calling a parsing function with a key of ARGP_KEY_ARG, this is the
312 number of the current arg, starting at zero, and incremented after each
313 such call returns. At all other times, this is the number of such
314 arguments that have been processed. */
317 /* If non-zero, the index in ARGV of the first argument following a special
318 `--' argument (which prevents anything following being interpreted as an
319 option). Only set once argument parsing has proceeded past this point. */
322 /* An arbitrary pointer passed in from the user. */
324 /* Values to pass to child parsers. This vector will be the same length as
325 the number of children for the current parser. */
328 /* For the parser's use. Initialized to 0. */
331 /* The name used when printing messages. This is initialized to ARGV[0],
332 or PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME if that is unavailable. */
335 /* Streams used when argp prints something. */
336 FILE *err_stream
; /* For errors; initialized to stderr. */
337 FILE *out_stream
; /* For information; initialized to stdout. */
339 void *pstate
; /* Private, for use by argp. */
342 /* Flags for argp_parse (note that the defaults are those that are
343 convenient for program command line parsing): */
345 /* Don't ignore the first element of ARGV. Normally (and always unless
346 ARGP_NO_ERRS is set) the first element of the argument vector is
347 skipped for option parsing purposes, as it corresponds to the program name
348 in a command line. */
349 #define ARGP_PARSE_ARGV0 0x01
351 /* Don't print error messages for unknown options to stderr; unless this flag
352 is set, ARGP_PARSE_ARGV0 is ignored, as ARGV[0] is used as the program
353 name in the error messages. This flag implies ARGP_NO_EXIT (on the
354 assumption that silent exiting upon errors is bad behaviour). */
355 #define ARGP_NO_ERRS 0x02
357 /* Don't parse any non-option args. Normally non-option args are parsed by
358 calling the parse functions with a key of ARGP_KEY_ARG, and the actual arg
359 as the value. Since it's impossible to know which parse function wants to
360 handle it, each one is called in turn, until one returns 0 or an error
361 other than ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN; if an argument is handled by no one, the
362 argp_parse returns prematurely (but with a return value of 0). If all
363 args have been parsed without error, all parsing functions are called one
364 last time with a key of ARGP_KEY_END. This flag needn't normally be set,
365 as the normal behavior is to stop parsing as soon as some argument can't
367 #define ARGP_NO_ARGS 0x04
369 /* Parse options and arguments in the same order they occur on the command
370 line -- normally they're rearranged so that all options come first. */
371 #define ARGP_IN_ORDER 0x08
373 /* Don't provide the standard long option --help, which causes usage and
374 option help information to be output to stdout, and exit (0) called. */
375 #define ARGP_NO_HELP 0x10
377 /* Don't exit on errors (they may still result in error messages). */
378 #define ARGP_NO_EXIT 0x20
380 /* Use the gnu getopt `long-only' rules for parsing arguments. */
381 #define ARGP_LONG_ONLY 0x40
383 /* Turns off any message-printing/exiting options. */
384 #define ARGP_SILENT (ARGP_NO_EXIT | ARGP_NO_ERRS | ARGP_NO_HELP)
386 /* Parse the options strings in ARGC & ARGV according to the options in ARGP.
387 FLAGS is one of the ARGP_ flags above. If ARG_INDEX is non-NULL, the
388 index in ARGV of the first unparsed option is returned in it. If an
389 unknown option is present, ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN is returned; if some parser
390 routine returned a non-zero value, it is returned; otherwise 0 is
391 returned. This function may also call exit unless the ARGP_NO_HELP flag
392 is set. INPUT is a pointer to a value to be passed in to the parser. */
393 extern error_t
argp_parse (__const
struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
394 int __argc
, char **__restrict __argv
,
395 unsigned __flags
, int *__restrict __arg_index
,
396 void *__restrict __input
) __THROW
;
397 extern error_t
__argp_parse (__const
struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
398 int __argc
, char **__restrict __argv
,
399 unsigned __flags
, int *__restrict __arg_index
,
400 void *__restrict __input
) __THROW
;
402 /* Global variables. */
404 /* If defined or set by the user program to a non-zero value, then a default
405 option --version is added (unless the ARGP_NO_HELP flag is used), which
406 will print this string followed by a newline and exit (unless the
407 ARGP_NO_EXIT flag is used). Overridden by ARGP_PROGRAM_VERSION_HOOK. */
408 extern __const
char *argp_program_version
;
410 /* If defined or set by the user program to a non-zero value, then a default
411 option --version is added (unless the ARGP_NO_HELP flag is used), which
412 calls this function with a stream to print the version to and a pointer to
413 the current parsing state, and then exits (unless the ARGP_NO_EXIT flag is
414 used). This variable takes precedent over ARGP_PROGRAM_VERSION. */
415 extern void (*argp_program_version_hook
) (FILE *__restrict __stream
,
416 struct argp_state
*__restrict
419 /* If defined or set by the user program, it should point to string that is
420 the bug-reporting address for the program. It will be printed by
421 argp_help if the ARGP_HELP_BUG_ADDR flag is set (as it is by various
422 standard help messages), embedded in a sentence that says something like
423 `Report bugs to ADDR.'. */
424 extern __const
char *argp_program_bug_address
;
426 /* The exit status that argp will use when exiting due to a parsing error.
427 If not defined or set by the user program, this defaults to EX_USAGE from
429 extern error_t argp_err_exit_status
;
431 /* Flags for argp_help. */
432 #define ARGP_HELP_USAGE 0x01 /* a Usage: message. */
433 #define ARGP_HELP_SHORT_USAGE 0x02 /* " but don't actually print options. */
434 #define ARGP_HELP_SEE 0x04 /* a `Try ... for more help' message. */
435 #define ARGP_HELP_LONG 0x08 /* a long help message. */
436 #define ARGP_HELP_PRE_DOC 0x10 /* doc string preceding long help. */
437 #define ARGP_HELP_POST_DOC 0x20 /* doc string following long help. */
438 #define ARGP_HELP_DOC (ARGP_HELP_PRE_DOC | ARGP_HELP_POST_DOC)
439 #define ARGP_HELP_BUG_ADDR 0x40 /* bug report address */
440 #define ARGP_HELP_LONG_ONLY 0x80 /* modify output appropriately to
441 reflect ARGP_LONG_ONLY mode. */
443 /* These ARGP_HELP flags are only understood by argp_state_help. */
444 #define ARGP_HELP_EXIT_ERR 0x100 /* Call exit(1) instead of returning. */
445 #define ARGP_HELP_EXIT_OK 0x200 /* Call exit(0) instead of returning. */
447 /* The standard thing to do after a program command line parsing error, if an
448 error message has already been printed. */
449 #define ARGP_HELP_STD_ERR \
450 (ARGP_HELP_SEE | ARGP_HELP_EXIT_ERR)
451 /* The standard thing to do after a program command line parsing error, if no
452 more specific error message has been printed. */
453 #define ARGP_HELP_STD_USAGE \
454 (ARGP_HELP_SHORT_USAGE | ARGP_HELP_SEE | ARGP_HELP_EXIT_ERR)
455 /* The standard thing to do in response to a --help option. */
456 #define ARGP_HELP_STD_HELP \
457 (ARGP_HELP_SHORT_USAGE | ARGP_HELP_LONG | ARGP_HELP_EXIT_OK \
458 | ARGP_HELP_DOC | ARGP_HELP_BUG_ADDR)
460 /* Output a usage message for ARGP to STREAM. FLAGS are from the set
462 extern void argp_help (__const
struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
463 FILE *__restrict __stream
,
464 unsigned __flags
, char *__restrict __name
) __THROW
;
465 extern void __argp_help (__const
struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
466 FILE *__restrict __stream
, unsigned __flags
,
467 char *__name
) __THROW
;
469 /* The following routines are intended to be called from within an argp
470 parsing routine (thus taking an argp_state structure as the first
471 argument). They may or may not print an error message and exit, depending
472 on the flags in STATE -- in any case, the caller should be prepared for
473 them *not* to exit, and should return an appropiate error after calling
474 them. [argp_usage & argp_error should probably be called argp_state_...,
475 but they're used often enough that they should be short] */
477 /* Output, if appropriate, a usage message for STATE to STREAM. FLAGS are
478 from the set ARGP_HELP_*. */
479 extern void argp_state_help (__const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
480 FILE *__restrict __stream
,
481 unsigned int __flags
) __THROW
;
482 extern void __argp_state_help (__const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
483 FILE *__restrict __stream
,
484 unsigned int __flags
) __THROW
;
486 /* Possibly output the standard usage message for ARGP to stderr and exit. */
487 extern void argp_usage (__const
struct argp_state
*__state
) __THROW
;
488 extern void __argp_usage (__const
struct argp_state
*__state
) __THROW
;
490 /* If appropriate, print the printf string FMT and following args, preceded
491 by the program name and `:', to stderr, and followed by a `Try ... --help'
492 message, then exit (1). */
493 extern void argp_error (__const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
494 __const
char *__restrict __fmt
, ...) __THROW
495 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__
, 2, 3)));
496 extern void __argp_error (__const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
497 __const
char *__restrict __fmt
, ...) __THROW
498 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__
, 2, 3)));
500 /* Similar to the standard gnu error-reporting function error(), but will
501 respect the ARGP_NO_EXIT and ARGP_NO_ERRS flags in STATE, and will print
502 to STATE->err_stream. This is useful for argument parsing code that is
503 shared between program startup (when exiting is desired) and runtime
504 option parsing (when typically an error code is returned instead). The
505 difference between this function and argp_error is that the latter is for
506 *parsing errors*, and the former is for other problems that occur during
507 parsing but don't reflect a (syntactic) problem with the input. */
508 extern void argp_failure (__const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
509 int __status
, int __errnum
,
510 __const
char *__restrict __fmt
, ...) __THROW
511 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__
, 4, 5)));
512 extern void __argp_failure (__const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
,
513 int __status
, int __errnum
,
514 __const
char *__restrict __fmt
, ...) __THROW
515 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__
, 4, 5)));
517 /* Returns true if the option OPT is a valid short option. */
518 extern int _option_is_short (__const
struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
;
519 extern int __option_is_short (__const
struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
;
521 /* Returns true if the option OPT is in fact the last (unused) entry in an
523 extern int _option_is_end (__const
struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
;
524 extern int __option_is_end (__const
struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
;
526 /* Return the input field for ARGP in the parser corresponding to STATE; used
527 by the help routines. */
528 extern void *_argp_input (__const
struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
529 __const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
)
531 extern void *__argp_input (__const
struct argp
*__restrict __argp
,
532 __const
struct argp_state
*__restrict __state
)
535 #ifdef __USE_EXTERN_INLINES
538 # define __argp_usage argp_usage
539 # define __argp_state_help argp_state_help
540 # define __option_is_short _option_is_short
541 # define __option_is_end _option_is_end
545 # define ARGP_EI extern __inline__
549 __argp_usage (__const
struct argp_state
*__state
) __THROW
551 __argp_state_help (__state
, stderr
, ARGP_HELP_STD_USAGE
);
555 __option_is_short (__const
struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
557 if (__opt
->flags
& OPTION_DOC
)
561 int __key
= __opt
->key
;
562 return __key
> 0 && isprint (__key
);
567 __option_is_end (__const
struct argp_option
*__opt
) __THROW
569 return !__opt
->key
&& !__opt
->name
&& !__opt
->doc
&& !__opt
->group
;
574 # undef __argp_state_help
575 # undef __option_is_short
576 # undef __option_is_end
578 #endif /* Use extern inlines. */