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12 .TH GETSUBOPT 3C "Sep 29, 2005"
14 getsubopt \- parse suboption arguments from a string
20 \fBint\fR \fBgetsubopt\fR(\fBchar **\fR\fIoptionp\fR, \fBchar * const *\fR\fIkeylistp\fR, \fBchar **\fR\fIvaluep\fR);
26 The \fBgetsubopt()\fR function parses suboption arguments in a flag argument.
27 Such options often result from the use of \fBgetopt\fR(3C).
30 The \fBgetsubopt()\fR argument \fIoptionp\fR is a pointer to a pointer to the
31 option argument string. The suboption arguments are separated by commas and
32 each can consist of either a single token or a token-value pair separated by an
36 The \fIkeylistp\fR argument is a pointer to a vector of strings. The end of the
37 vector is identified by a null pointer. Each entry in the vector is one of the
38 possible tokens that might be found in *\fIoptionp\fR. Since commas delimit
39 suboption arguments in \fIoptionp\fR, they should not appear in any of the
40 strings pointed to by \fIkeylistp\fR. Similarly, because an equal sign
41 separates a token from its value, the application should not include an equal
42 sign in any of the strings pointed to by \fIkeylistp\fR.
45 The \fIvaluep\fR argument is the address of a value string pointer.
48 If a comma appears in \fIoptionp\fR, it is interpreted as a suboption
49 separator. After commas have been processed, if there are one or more equal
50 signs in a suboption string, the first equal sign in any suboption string is
51 interpreted as a separator between a token and a value. Subsequent equal signs
52 in a suboption string are interpreted as part of the value.
55 If the string at *\fIoptionp\fR contains only one suboption argument
56 (equivalently, no commas), \fBgetsubopt()\fR updates *\fIoptionp\fR to point to
57 the null character at the end of the string. Otherwise, it isolates the
58 suboption argument by replacing the comma separator with a null character and
59 updates *\fIoptionp\fR to point to the start of the next suboption argument. If
60 the suboption argument has an associated value (equivalently, contains an equal
61 sign), \fBgetsubopt()\fR updates *\fIvaluep\fR to point to the value's first
62 character. Otherwise, it sets *\fIvaluep\fR to a null pointer. The calling
63 application can use this information to determine whether the presence or
64 absence of a value for the suboption is an error.
67 Additionally, when \fBgetsubopt()\fR fails to match the suboption with a token
68 in the \fIkeylistp\fR array, the calling application should decide if this is
69 an error or if the unrecognized option should be processed in another way.
73 The \fBgetsubopt()\fR function returns the index of the matched token string or
74 -1 if no token strings were matched.
78 No errors are defined.
81 \fBExample 1 \fRUse \fBgetsubopt()\fR to process options.
84 The following example demonstrates the processing of options to the
85 \fBmount\fR(1M) utility using \fBgetsubopt()\fR.
108 char *options, *value;
114 while((c = getopt(argc, argv, "abf:o:")) != -1) {
116 case 'a': /* process a option */
118 case 'b': /* process b option */
128 while (*options != '\e0') {
129 switch(getsubopt(&options,myopts,&value)){
130 case READONLY : /* process ro option */
132 case READWRITE : /* process rw option */
134 case WRITESIZE : /* process wsize option */
139 write_size = atoi(value);
141 case READSIZE : /* process rsize option */
146 read_size = atoi(value);
149 /* process unknown token */
150 error_bad_token(value);
159 /* print usage instructions etc. */
161 for (; optind<argc; optind++) {
162 /* process remaining arguments */
172 \fBExample 2 \fRParse suboptions.
175 The following example uses the \fBgetsubopt()\fR function to parse a value
176 argument in the \fIoptarg\fR external variable returned by a call to
184 char *tokens[] = {"HOME", "PATH", "LOGNAME", (char *) NULL };
187 while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "e:")) != -1) {
190 while ((index = getsubopt(&optarg, tokens, &value)) != -1) {
204 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
212 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
214 Interface Stability Standard
222 \fBmount\fR(1M), \fBgetopt\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)