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Programming Examples
LAN Programming Examples
argument), getopt returns EOF. The special option -- can be used to
delimit the end of the options; EOF is returned, and -- is skipped.
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#include <stdio.h> /* For NULL, EOF */
#include <string.h> /* For strchr() */
char *optarg; /* Global argument pointer. */
int optind = 0; /* Global argv index. */
static char *scan = NULL; /* Private scan pointer. */
int getopt( int argc, char * const argv[], const char* optstring)
{
char c;
char *posn;
optarg = NULL;
if (scan == NULL || *scan == '\0') {
if (optind == 0)
optind++;
if (optind >= argc || argv[optind][0] != '-' || argv[optind][1] == '\0')
return(EOF);
if (strcmp(argv[optind], "--")==0) {
optind++;
return(EOF);
}