Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 16:19:07 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: rnordier@iafrica.com (Robert Nordier) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SYSV, *BSD, and getopt(3) Message-ID: <199605171419.QAA06574@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199605162349.BAA00727@eac.iafrica.com> from Robert Nordier at "May 17, 96 01:49:01 am"
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As Robert Nordier wrote:
> The System V (original?) approach has always been to run through all
> the options before calling a halt with a usage() message:
>
> SYSV$ grep -az
> grep: illegal option -- a
> grep: illegal option -- z
> usage: grep [...]
> while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "abc")) != -1)
> switch (c) {
> case 'a':
> /* ... */
> break;
> default:
> err++;
> }
> if (err)
> usage();
Except that the variable is called ``errs'' :), this is exactly what
i'm doing in my code as well.
--
cheers, J"org
joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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