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4 # Window Maker window manager
6 # Copyright (c) 2015 Christophe CURIS
7 # Copyright (c) 2015 Window Maker Team
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25 # check-cmdline-options-doc.sh:
26 # Compare the options listed in a program's --help text against its
27 # documentation, check that all options are described and that there are
28 # not deprecated options in the doc.
30 # A know limitation is that it assumes the help text from the program is
31 # in line with what the program actually supports, because it would be too
32 # complicated to actually check also in the sources the supported options.
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36 # For portability, we stick to the same sh+sed constraint as Autotools to
37 # limit problems, see for example:
38 # http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.69/html_node/Portable-Shell.html
40 ###########################################################################
42 # Report an error on stderr and exit with status 2 to tell make that we could
43 # not do what we were asked
45 echo "`basename $0`: $@" >&2
49 # print help and exit with success status
51 echo "$0: check program's list of options against its documentation"
52 echo "Usage: $0 options..."
53 echo "valid options are:"
54 echo " --ignore-prg arg : ignore option '--arg' from program's output"
55 echo " (syntax: 'arg1,arg2,... # reason', args without leading '--')"
56 echo " --man-page file : program's documentation file, in man format"
57 echo " --program name : name of the program to run with '--help'"
58 echo " --text-doc file : program's documentation file, in plain text format"
62 # Extract command line arguments
63 while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
67 echo "$1" |
grep '#' > /dev
/null ||
echo "Warning: no reason provided for --ignore-prg on \"$1\"" >&2
68 for arg
in `echo "$1" | sed -e 's/#.*$// ; s/,/ /g' `
70 ignore_arg_program
="$ignore_arg_program
77 [ -z "$man_page$text_doc" ] || arg_error
"only 1 documentation file can be used (option: --man-page)"
83 [ -z "$prog_name" ] || arg_error
"only 1 program can be used (option: --program)"
89 [ -z "$man_page$text_doc" ] || arg_error
"only 1 documentation file can be used (option: --text-doc)"
93 -h|
-help|
--help) print_help
;;
94 -*) arg_error
"unknow option '$1'" ;;
97 arg_error
"argument '$1' is not understood"
103 # Check consistency of command-line
104 [ -z "$prog_name" ] && arg_error
"no program given (option: --program)"
105 [ -z "$man_page$text_doc" ] && arg_error
"no documentation given"
107 [ -z "$man_page" ] ||
[ -r "$man_page" ] || arg_error
"man page file '$man_page' is not readable (option: --man-page)"
108 [ -z "$text_doc" ] ||
[ -r "$text_doc" ] || arg_error
"text file '$text_doc' is not readable (option: --text-doc)"
110 # Make sure the program will not be searched in $PATH
111 if ! echo "$prog_name" |
grep '/' > /dev
/null
; then
112 prog_name
="./$prog_name"
115 [ -x "$prog_name" ] || arg_error
"program '$prog_name' does not exist or is not executable"
117 # Get the list of options that the program claims it supports
118 # -----------------------------------------------------------
119 # We suppose (it is common practice) that the options are listed one per line
120 # with no other text at the beginning of the line
121 # If the line contains both a short option followed by a long option, we keep only the long
122 # option because it is better to check for it
123 prog_options
=`$prog_name --help | sed -n '/^[ \t]*-/ { s/^[ \t]*// ; s/^-[^-],[ \t]*--/--/ ; s/[^-A-Z_a-z0-9].*$// ; p }' `
125 [ "x$prog_options" = "x" ] && arg_error
"program '$prog_name --help' did not return any option"
127 # We filter options that user wants us to, but we warn if the user asked to filter an option that is
128 # not actually present, to make sure his command line invocation stays up to date
129 for filter
in $ignore_arg_program
131 if echo "$prog_options" |
grep "^$filter\$" > /dev
/null
; then
132 prog_options
=`echo "$prog_options" | grep -v "^$filter\$" `
134 echo "Warning: program's option does not contain \"$filter\", specified in \"--ignore-prg\""
139 if [ -n "$man_page" ]; then
140 # In the man page format, the options must be grouped in the section "OPTIONS"
141 # The name of the option is on the first line after the '.TP' command
142 # The format requires the use of a backslash before the dash ('\-')
143 sed_script
='/^\.SH[ \t]*"*OPTIONS"*/,/^\.SH/ {
148 s/^\([^ \t]*\)[ \t].*$/\1/
153 doc_options
=`sed -n "$sed_script" "$man_page" `
156 # If no problem is found, we will exit with status OK
160 if [ -n "$text_doc" ]; then
161 # In the plain-text format, there is no specific identification for the options,
162 # as they may be described anywhere in the document. So we first try to get
163 # everything that looks like a long option:
165 /^\(.*[^-A-Za-z_0-9]\)*--[A-Za-z0-9]/ {
168 s/[^-A-Z_a-z0-9].*$//
172 s/^\(.*\)--[A-Za-z0-9][-A-Z_a-z0-9]*/\1/
175 doc_options
=`sed -n "$sed_script" "$text_doc" `
177 # then we also explicitely search for the short options we got from the program
178 for opt
in `echo "$prog_options" | grep '^-[^-]' `
180 if grep "^\\(.*[^-A-Za-z_0-9]\\)*$opt\\([^-A-Za-z_0-9].*\\)\$" "$text_doc" > /dev
/null
; then
181 doc_options
="$doc_options
188 # Check that all program options are documented
189 for opt
in $prog_options
191 if ! echo "$doc_options" |
grep "^$opt\$" > /dev
/null
; then
192 echo "Error: program option '$opt' is not in the documentation '$man_page$text_doc'"
197 # Check that all documentation options are listed by the program
198 for opt
in $doc_options
200 if ! echo "$prog_options" |
grep "^$opt\$" > /dev
/null
; then
201 echo "Error: option '$opt' is documented, but not in '$prog_name --help'"
206 # It is recommended to list options in alphabetical order because it is then
207 # easier to search for one
208 if [ -n "$man_page" ]; then
209 if ! echo "$doc_options" |
sed -e 's/^-*//' |
sort -c ; then
210 echo "Error: options are not sorted alphabetically in '$man_page'"
215 # exit with appropriate return code, wether discrepancies were found or not