Re: argument parsing library for C programs?

[Ken Gosier]

You may try using the gnu getopt and getopt_long functions.
These are described if you go to www.gnu.org and search on
getopt--




--- Paul E Johnson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dear C programmer folk:
> 
> I learnt command line argument parsing with Swarm, but
> now need to do a 
> C program with no Swarm (for comparison purposes, one
> must walk on the 
> dark side).  So to parse command line arguments, would
> you recommend any 
> command line argument parsing libraries for me?  If there
> were one that 
> worked on the same principles as Swarm, it would be most
> easy for me, of 
> course.
> 
> I found one called popt that is a library that the RedHat
> folk have 
> souped up to work with the rpm system. I'm thinking I
> might try that, 
> since it is in all my systems already.  It looks like an
> afternoon of 
> manual reading and fiddling. I find that, if I ask first
> in here, I get 
> advice that might lead me into another package.
> 
> -- 
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