getopt.h

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#ifndef BU_GETOPT_H
#define BU_GETOPT_H
 
#include "common.h"
#include "bu/defines.h"
 
__BEGIN_DECLS
 
/** @addtogroup bu_getopt
 * @brief
 * Special portable re-entrant version of getopt.
 *
 * Everything is prefixed with bu_, to distinguish it from the various
 * getopt routines found in libc.
 *
 * Important note -
 * If bu_getopt() is going to be used more than once, it is necessary
 * to reinitialize bu_optind=1 before beginning on the next argument
 * list.
 */
/** @{ */
/** @file bu/getopt.h */
 
/**
 * for bu_getopt().  set to zero to suppress errors.
 */
BU_EXPORT extern int bu_opterr;
 
/**
 * for bu_getopt().  current index into parent argv vector.
 */
BU_EXPORT extern int bu_optind;
 
/**
 * for bu_getopt().  current option being checked for validity.
 */
BU_EXPORT extern int bu_optopt;
 
/**
 * for bu_getopt().  current argument associated with current option.
 */
BU_EXPORT extern char *bu_optarg;
 
/**
 * Get option letter from argument vector.
 *
 * @param nargc number of arguments
 * @param nargv array of argument strings
 * @param ostr option string
 *
 * The 'ostr' option string may contain individual characters (e.g.,
 * "abc"), characters followed by a colon to indicate a required
 * argument (e.g., "a:bc", 'a' requires an argument, 'b' and 'c' do
 * not), and characters followed by two colons to indicate an optional
 * argument (e.g., "ab::c", 'b' may be followed by an argument, but
 * none require an argument).
 *
 * Returns -1 when the argument list is exhausted, otherwise it
 * returns the next known option character.  If bu_getopt() encounters
 * a character not found in ostr or if it detects a required missing
 * option argument, it returns `?' (question mark).  If ostr has a
 * leading `:' then a missing option argument causes `:' to be
 * returned instead of `?'.  In either case, the variable bu_optopt is
 * set to the character that caused the error.
 */
BU_EXPORT extern int bu_getopt(int nargc, char * const nargv[], const char *ostr);
 
/** @} */
 
__END_DECLS
 
#endif  /* BU_GETOPT_H */
 
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