# GetOpt::Long.pm -- Universal options parsing package Getopt::Long; # RCS Status : $Id: GetoptLong.pm,v 2.16 1998-03-13 11:05:29+01 jv Exp $ # Author : Johan Vromans # Created On : Tue Sep 11 15:00:12 1990 # Last Modified By: Johan Vromans # Last Modified On: Fri Mar 13 11:05:28 1998 # Update Count : 659 # Status : Released ################ Copyright ################ # This program is Copyright 1990,1998 by Johan Vromans. # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License # as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 # of the License, or (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # If you do not have a copy of the GNU General Public License write to # the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, # MA 02139, USA. ################ Module Preamble ################ use strict; BEGIN { require 5.004; use Exporter (); use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK %EXPORT_TAGS); $VERSION = sprintf("%d.%02d", q$Revision: 2.16 $ =~ /(\d+)\.(\d+)/); @ISA = qw(Exporter); @EXPORT = qw(&GetOptions $REQUIRE_ORDER $PERMUTE $RETURN_IN_ORDER); %EXPORT_TAGS = (); @EXPORT_OK = qw(); } use vars @EXPORT, @EXPORT_OK; # User visible variables. use vars qw($error $debug $major_version $minor_version); # Deprecated visible variables. use vars qw($autoabbrev $getopt_compat $ignorecase $bundling $order $passthrough); ################ Local Variables ################ my $gen_prefix; # generic prefix (option starters) my $argend; # option list terminator my %opctl; # table of arg.specs (long and abbrevs) my %bopctl; # table of arg.specs (bundles) my @opctl; # the possible long option names my $pkg; # current context. Needed if no linkage. my %aliases; # alias table my $genprefix; # so we can call the same module more my $opt; # current option my $arg; # current option value, if any my $array; # current option is array typed my $hash; # current option is hash typed my $key; # hash key for a hash option # than once in differing environments my $config_defaults; # set config defaults my $find_option; # helper routine my $croak; # helper routine ################ Subroutines ################ sub GetOptions { my @optionlist = @_; # local copy of the option descriptions $argend = '--'; # option list terminator %opctl = (); # table of arg.specs (long and abbrevs) %bopctl = (); # table of arg.specs (bundles) $pkg = (caller)[0]; # current context # Needed if linkage is omitted. %aliases= (); # alias table my @ret = (); # accum for non-options my %linkage; # linkage my $userlinkage; # user supplied HASH $genprefix = $gen_prefix; # so we can call the same module many times $error = ''; print STDERR ('GetOptions $Revision: 2.16 $ ', "[GetOpt::Long $Getopt::Long::VERSION] -- ", "called from package \"$pkg\".\n", " (@ARGV)\n", " autoabbrev=$autoabbrev". ",bundling=$bundling", ",getopt_compat=$getopt_compat", ",order=$order", ",\n ignorecase=$ignorecase", ",passthrough=$passthrough", ",genprefix=\"$genprefix\"", ".\n") if $debug; # Check for ref HASH as first argument. # First argument may be an object. It's OK to use this as long # as it is really a hash underneath. $userlinkage = undef; if ( ref($optionlist[0]) and "$optionlist[0]" =~ /^(?:.*\=)?HASH\([^\(]*\)$/ ) { $userlinkage = shift (@optionlist); print STDERR ("=> user linkage: $userlinkage\n") if $debug; } # See if the first element of the optionlist contains option # starter characters. if ( $optionlist[0] =~ /^\W+$/ ) { $genprefix = shift (@optionlist); # Turn into regexp. Needs to be parenthesized! $genprefix =~ s/(\W)/\\$1/g; $genprefix = "([" . $genprefix . "])"; } # Verify correctness of optionlist. %opctl = (); %bopctl = (); while ( @optionlist > 0 ) { my $opt = shift (@optionlist); # Strip leading prefix so people can specify "--foo=i" if they like. $opt = $+ if $opt =~ /^$genprefix+(.*)$/s; if ( $opt eq '<>' ) { if ( (defined $userlinkage) && !(@optionlist > 0 && ref($optionlist[0])) && (exists $userlinkage->{$opt}) && ref($userlinkage->{$opt}) ) { unshift (@optionlist, $userlinkage->{$opt}); } unless ( @optionlist > 0 && ref($optionlist[0]) && ref($optionlist[0]) eq 'CODE' ) { $error .= "Option spec <> requires a reference to a subroutine\n"; next; } $linkage{'<>'} = shift (@optionlist); next; } # Match option spec. Allow '?' as an alias. if ( $opt !~ /^((\w+[-\w]*)(\|(\?|\w[-\w]*)?)*)?(!|[=:][infse][@%]?)?$/ ) { $error .= "Error in option spec: \"$opt\"\n"; next; } my ($o, $c, $a) = ($1, $5); $c = '' unless defined $c; if ( ! defined $o ) { # empty -> '-' option $opctl{$o = ''} = $c; } else { # Handle alias names my @o = split (/\|/, $o); my $linko = $o = $o[0]; # Force an alias if the option name is not locase. $a = $o unless $o eq lc($o); $o = lc ($o) if $ignorecase > 1 || ($ignorecase && ($bundling ? length($o) > 1 : 1)); foreach ( @o ) { if ( $bundling && length($_) == 1 ) { $_ = lc ($_) if $ignorecase > 1; if ( $c eq '!' ) { $opctl{"no$_"} = $c; warn ("Ignoring '!' modifier for short option $_\n"); $c = ''; } $opctl{$_} = $bopctl{$_} = $c; } else { $_ = lc ($_) if $ignorecase; if ( $c eq '!' ) { $opctl{"no$_"} = $c; $c = ''; } $opctl{$_} = $c; } if ( defined $a ) { # Note alias. $aliases{$_} = $a; } else { # Set primary name. $a = $_; } } $o = $linko; } # If no linkage is supplied in the @optionlist, copy it from # the userlinkage if available. if ( defined $userlinkage ) { unless ( @optionlist > 0 && ref($optionlist[0]) ) { if ( exists $userlinkage->{$o} && ref($userlinkage->{$o}) ) { print STDERR ("=> found userlinkage for \"$o\": ", "$userlinkage->{$o}\n") if $debug; unshift (@optionlist, $userlinkage->{$o}); } else { # Do nothing. Being undefined will be handled later. next; } } } # Copy the linkage. If omitted, link to global variable. if ( @optionlist > 0 && ref($optionlist[0]) ) { print STDERR ("=> link \"$o\" to $optionlist[0]\n") if $debug; if ( ref($optionlist[0]) =~ /^(SCALAR|CODE)$/ ) { $linkage{$o} = shift (@optionlist); } elsif ( ref($optionlist[0]) =~ /^(ARRAY)$/ ) { $linkage{$o} = shift (@optionlist); $opctl{$o} .= '@' if $opctl{$o} ne '' and $opctl{$o} !~ /\@$/; $bopctl{$o} .= '@' if $bundling and defined $bopctl{$o} and $bopctl{$o} ne '' and $bopctl{$o} !~ /\@$/; } elsif ( ref($optionlist[0]) =~ /^(HASH)$/ ) { $linkage{$o} = shift (@optionlist); $opctl{$o} .= '%' if $opctl{$o} ne '' and $opctl{$o} !~ /\%$/; $bopctl{$o} .= '%' if $bundling and defined $bopctl{$o} and $bopctl{$o} ne '' and $bopctl{$o} !~ /\%$/; } else { $error .= "Invalid option linkage for \"$opt\"\n"; } } else { # Link to global $opt_XXX variable. # Make sure a valid perl identifier results. my $ov = $o; $ov =~ s/\W/_/g; if ( $c =~ /@/ ) { print STDERR ("=> link \"$o\" to \@$pkg","::opt_$ov\n") if $debug; eval ("\$linkage{\$o} = \\\@".$pkg."::opt_$ov;"); } elsif ( $c =~ /%/ ) { print STDERR ("=> link \"$o\" to \%$pkg","::opt_$ov\n") if $debug; eval ("\$linkage{\$o} = \\\%".$pkg."::opt_$ov;"); } else { print STDERR ("=> link \"$o\" to \$$pkg","::opt_$ov\n") if $debug; eval ("\$linkage{\$o} = \\\$".$pkg."::opt_$ov;"); } } } # Bail out if errors found. die ($error) if $error; $error = 0; # Sort the possible long option names. @opctl = sort(keys (%opctl)) if $autoabbrev; # Show the options tables if debugging. if ( $debug ) { my ($arrow, $k, $v); $arrow = "=> "; while ( ($k,$v) = each(%opctl) ) { print STDERR ($arrow, "\$opctl{\"$k\"} = \"$v\"\n"); $arrow = " "; } $arrow = "=> "; while ( ($k,$v) = each(%bopctl) ) { print STDERR ($arrow, "\$bopctl{\"$k\"} = \"$v\"\n"); $arrow = " "; } } # Process argument list while ( @ARGV > 0 ) { #### Get next argument #### $opt = shift (@ARGV); $arg = undef; $array = $hash = 0; print STDERR ("=> option \"", $opt, "\"\n") if $debug; #### Determine what we have #### # Double dash is option list terminator. if ( $opt eq $argend ) { # Finish. Push back accumulated arguments and return. unshift (@ARGV, @ret) if $order == $PERMUTE; return ($error == 0); } my $tryopt = $opt; # find_option operates on the GLOBAL $opt and $arg! if ( &$find_option () ) { # find_option undefines $opt in case of errors. next unless defined $opt; if ( defined $arg ) { $opt = $aliases{$opt} if defined $aliases{$opt}; if ( defined $linkage{$opt} ) { print STDERR ("=> ref(\$L{$opt}) -> ", ref($linkage{$opt}), "\n") if $debug; if ( ref($linkage{$opt}) eq 'SCALAR' ) { print STDERR ("=> \$\$L{$opt} = \"$arg\"\n") if $debug; ${$linkage{$opt}} = $arg; } elsif ( ref($linkage{$opt}) eq 'ARRAY' ) { print STDERR ("=> push(\@{\$L{$opt}, \"$arg\")\n") if $debug; push (@{$linkage{$opt}}, $arg); } elsif ( ref($linkage{$opt}) eq 'HASH' ) { print STDERR ("=> \$\$L{$opt}->{$key} = \"$arg\"\n") if $debug; $linkage{$opt}->{$key} = $arg; } elsif ( ref($linkage{$opt}) eq 'CODE' ) { print STDERR ("=> &L{$opt}(\"$opt\", \"$arg\")\n") if $debug; &{$linkage{$opt}}($opt, $arg); } else { print STDERR ("Invalid REF type \"", ref($linkage{$opt}), "\" in linkage\n"); &$croak ("Getopt::Long -- internal error!\n"); } } # No entry in linkage means entry in userlinkage. elsif ( $array ) { if ( defined $userlinkage->{$opt} ) { print STDERR ("=> push(\@{\$L{$opt}}, \"$arg\")\n") if $debug; push (@{$userlinkage->{$opt}}, $arg); } else { print STDERR ("=>\$L{$opt} = [\"$arg\"]\n") if $debug; $userlinkage->{$opt} = [$arg]; } } elsif ( $hash ) { if ( defined $userlinkage->{$opt} ) { print STDERR ("=> \$L{$opt}->{$key} = \"$arg\"\n") if $debug; $userlinkage->{$opt}->{$key} = $arg; } else { print STDERR ("=>\$L{$opt} = {$key => \"$arg\"}\n") if $debug; $userlinkage->{$opt} = {$key => $arg}; } } else { print STDERR ("=>\$L{$opt} = \"$arg\"\n") if $debug; $userlinkage->{$opt} = $arg; } } } # Not an option. Save it if we $PERMUTE and don't have a <>. elsif ( $order == $PERMUTE ) { # Try non-options call-back. my $cb; if ( (defined ($cb = $linkage{'<>'})) ) { &$cb ($tryopt); } else { print STDERR ("=> saving \"$tryopt\" ", "(not an option, may permute)\n") if $debug; push (@ret, $tryopt); } next; } # ...otherwise, terminate. else { # Push this one back and exit. unshift (@ARGV, $tryopt); return ($error == 0); } } # Finish. if ( $order == $PERMUTE ) { # Push back accumulated arguments print STDERR ("=> restoring \"", join('" "', @ret), "\"\n") if $debug && @ret > 0; unshift (@ARGV, @ret) if @ret > 0; } return ($error == 0); } sub config (@) { my (@options) = @_; my $opt; foreach $opt ( @options ) { my $try = lc ($opt); my $action = 1; if ( $try =~ /^no_?(.*)$/s ) { $action = 0; $try = $+; } if ( $try eq 'default' or $try eq 'defaults' ) { &$config_defaults () if $action; } elsif ( $try eq 'auto_abbrev' or $try eq 'autoabbrev' ) { $autoabbrev = $action; } elsif ( $try eq 'getopt_compat' ) { $getopt_compat = $action; } elsif ( $try eq 'ignorecase' or $try eq 'ignore_case' ) { $ignorecase = $action; } elsif ( $try eq 'ignore_case_always' ) { $ignorecase = $action ? 2 : 0; } elsif ( $try eq 'bundling' ) { $bundling = $action; } elsif ( $try eq 'bundling_override' ) { $bundling = $action ? 2 : 0; } elsif ( $try eq 'require_order' ) { $order = $action ? $REQUIRE_ORDER : $PERMUTE; } elsif ( $try eq 'permute' ) { $order = $action ? $PERMUTE : $REQUIRE_ORDER; } elsif ( $try eq 'pass_through' or $try eq 'passthrough' ) { $passthrough = $action; } elsif ( $try =~ /^prefix=(.+)$/ ) { $gen_prefix = $1; # Turn into regexp. Needs to be parenthesized! $gen_prefix = "(" . quotemeta($gen_prefix) . ")"; eval { '' =~ /$gen_prefix/; }; &$croak ("Getopt::Long: invalid pattern \"$gen_prefix\"") if $@; } elsif ( $try =~ /^prefix_pattern=(.+)$/ ) { $gen_prefix = $1; # Parenthesize if needed. $gen_prefix = "(" . $gen_prefix . ")" unless $gen_prefix =~ /^\(.*\)$/; eval { '' =~ /$gen_prefix/; }; &$croak ("Getopt::Long: invalid pattern \"$gen_prefix\"") if $@; } elsif ( $try eq 'debug' ) { $debug = $action; } else { &$croak ("Getopt::Long: unknown config parameter \"$opt\"") } } } # To prevent Carp from being loaded unnecessarily. $croak = sub { require 'Carp.pm'; $Carp::CarpLevel = 1; Carp::croak(@_); }; ################ Private Subroutines ################ $find_option = sub { print STDERR ("=> find \"$opt\", genprefix=\"$genprefix\"\n") if $debug; return 0 unless $opt =~ /^$genprefix(.*)$/s; $opt = $+; my ($starter) = $1; print STDERR ("=> split \"$starter\"+\"$opt\"\n") if $debug; my $optarg = undef; # value supplied with --opt=value my $rest = undef; # remainder from unbundling # If it is a long option, it may include the value. if (($starter eq "--" || ($getopt_compat && !$bundling)) && $opt =~ /^([^=]+)=(.*)$/s ) { $opt = $1; $optarg = $2; print STDERR ("=> option \"", $opt, "\", optarg = \"$optarg\"\n") if $debug; } #### Look it up ### my $tryopt = $opt; # option to try my $optbl = \%opctl; # table to look it up (long names) my $type; if ( $bundling && $starter eq '-' ) { # Unbundle single letter option. $rest = substr ($tryopt, 1); $tryopt = substr ($tryopt, 0, 1); $tryopt = lc ($tryopt) if $ignorecase > 1; print STDERR ("=> $starter$tryopt unbundled from ", "$starter$tryopt$rest\n") if $debug; $rest = undef unless $rest ne ''; $optbl = \%bopctl; # look it up in the short names table # If bundling == 2, long options can override bundles. if ( $bundling == 2 and defined ($type = $opctl{$tryopt.$rest}) ) { print STDERR ("=> $starter$tryopt rebundled to ", "$starter$tryopt$rest\n") if $debug; $tryopt .= $rest; undef $rest; } } # Try auto-abbreviation. elsif ( $autoabbrev ) { # Downcase if allowed. $tryopt = $opt = lc ($opt) if $ignorecase; # Turn option name into pattern. my $pat = quotemeta ($opt); # Look up in option names. my @hits = grep (/^$pat/, @opctl); print STDERR ("=> ", scalar(@hits), " hits (@hits) with \"$pat\" ", "out of ", scalar(@opctl), "\n") if $debug; # Check for ambiguous results. unless ( (@hits <= 1) || (grep ($_ eq $opt, @hits) == 1) ) { # See if all matches are for the same option. my %hit; foreach ( @hits ) { $_ = $aliases{$_} if defined $aliases{$_}; $hit{$_} = 1; } # Now see if it really is ambiguous. unless ( keys(%hit) == 1 ) { return 0 if $passthrough; warn ("Option ", $opt, " is ambiguous (", join(", ", @hits), ")\n"); $error++; undef $opt; return 1; } @hits = keys(%hit); } # Complete the option name, if appropriate. if ( @hits == 1 && $hits[0] ne $opt ) { $tryopt = $hits[0]; $tryopt = lc ($tryopt) if $ignorecase; print STDERR ("=> option \"$opt\" -> \"$tryopt\"\n") if $debug; } } # Map to all lowercase if ignoring case. elsif ( $ignorecase ) { $tryopt = lc ($opt); } # Check validity by fetching the info. $type = $optbl->{$tryopt} unless defined $type; unless ( defined $type ) { return 0 if $passthrough; warn ("Unknown option: ", $opt, "\n"); $error++; return 1; } # Apparently valid. $opt = $tryopt; print STDERR ("=> found \"$type\" for ", $opt, "\n") if $debug; #### Determine argument status #### # If it is an option w/o argument, we're almost finished with it. if ( $type eq '' || $type eq '!' ) { if ( defined $optarg ) { return 0 if $passthrough; warn ("Option ", $opt, " does not take an argument\n"); $error++; undef $opt; } elsif ( $type eq '' ) { $arg = 1; # supply explicit value } else { substr ($opt, 0, 2) = ''; # strip NO prefix $arg = 0; # supply explicit value } unshift (@ARGV, $starter.$rest) if defined $rest; return 1; } # Get mandatory status and type info. my $mand; ($mand, $type, $array, $hash) = $type =~ /^(.)(.)(@?)(%?)$/; # Check if there is an option argument available. if ( defined $optarg ? ($optarg eq '') : !(defined $rest || @ARGV > 0) ) { # Complain if this option needs an argument. if ( $mand eq "=" ) { return 0 if $passthrough; warn ("Option ", $opt, " requires an argument\n"); $error++; undef $opt; } if ( $mand eq ":" ) { $arg = $type eq "s" ? '' : 0; } return 1; } # Get (possibly optional) argument. $arg = (defined $rest ? $rest : (defined $optarg ? $optarg : shift (@ARGV))); # Get key if this is a "name=value" pair for a hash option. $key = undef; if ($hash && defined $arg) { ($key, $arg) = ($arg =~ /^(.*)=(.*)$/s) ? ($1, $2) : ($arg, 1); } #### Check if the argument is valid for this option #### if ( $type eq "s" ) { # string # A mandatory string takes anything. return 1 if $mand eq "="; # An optional string takes almost anything. return 1 if defined $optarg || defined $rest; return 1 if $arg eq "-"; # ?? # Check for option or option list terminator. if ($arg eq $argend || $arg =~ /^$genprefix.+/) { # Push back. unshift (@ARGV, $arg); # Supply empty value. $arg = ''; } } elsif ( $type eq "n" || $type eq "i" ) { # numeric/integer if ( $bundling && defined $rest && $rest =~ /^(-?[0-9]+)(.*)$/s ) { $arg = $1; $rest = $2; unshift (@ARGV, $starter.$rest) if defined $rest && $rest ne ''; } elsif ( $arg !~ /^-?[0-9]+$/ ) { if ( defined $optarg || $mand eq "=" ) { if ( $passthrough ) { unshift (@ARGV, defined $rest ? $starter.$rest : $arg) unless defined $optarg; return 0; } warn ("Value \"", $arg, "\" invalid for option ", $opt, " (number expected)\n"); $error++; undef $opt; # Push back. unshift (@ARGV, $starter.$rest) if defined $rest; } else { # Push back. unshift (@ARGV, defined $rest ? $starter.$rest : $arg); # Supply default value. $arg = 0; } } } elsif ( $type eq "f" ) { # real number, int is also ok # We require at least one digit before a point or 'e', # and at least one digit following the point and 'e'. # [-]NN[.NN][eNN] if ( $bundling && defined $rest && $rest =~ /^(-?[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?([eE]-?[0-9]+)?)(.*)$/s ) { $arg = $1; $rest = $+; unshift (@ARGV, $starter.$rest) if defined $rest && $rest ne ''; } elsif ( $arg !~ /^-?[0-9.]+(\.[0-9]+)?([eE]-?[0-9]+)?$/ ) { if ( defined $optarg || $mand eq "=" ) { if ( $passthrough ) { unshift (@ARGV, defined $rest ? $starter.$rest : $arg) unless defined $optarg; return 0; } warn ("Value \"", $arg, "\" invalid for option ", $opt, " (real number expected)\n"); $error++; undef $opt; # Push back. unshift (@ARGV, $starter.$rest) if defined $rest; } else { # Push back. unshift (@ARGV, defined $rest ? $starter.$rest : $arg); # Supply default value. $arg = 0.0; } } } else { &$croak ("GetOpt::Long internal error (Can't happen)\n"); } return 1; }; $config_defaults = sub { # Handle POSIX compliancy. if ( defined $ENV{"POSIXLY_CORRECT"} ) { $gen_prefix = "(--|-)"; $autoabbrev = 0; # no automatic abbrev of options $bundling = 0; # no bundling of single letter switches $getopt_compat = 0; # disallow '+' to start options $order = $REQUIRE_ORDER; } else { $gen_prefix = "(--|-|\\+)"; $autoabbrev = 1; # automatic abbrev of options $bundling = 0; # bundling off by default $getopt_compat = 1; # allow '+' to start options $order = $PERMUTE; } # Other configurable settings. $debug = 0; # for debugging $error = 0; # error tally $ignorecase = 1; # ignore case when matching options $passthrough = 0; # leave unrecognized options alone }; ################ Initialization ################ # Values for $order. See GNU getopt.c for details. ($REQUIRE_ORDER, $PERMUTE, $RETURN_IN_ORDER) = (0..2); # Version major/minor numbers. ($major_version, $minor_version) = $VERSION =~ /^(\d+)\.(\d+)/; # Set defaults. &$config_defaults (); ################ Package return ################ 1; __END__ =head1 NAME GetOptions - extended processing of command line options =head1 SYNOPSIS use Getopt::Long; $result = GetOptions (...option-descriptions...); =head1 DESCRIPTION The Getopt::Long module implements an extended getopt function called GetOptions(). This function adheres to the POSIX syntax for command line options, with GNU extensions. In general, this means that options have long names instead of single letters, and are introduced with a double dash "--". Support for bundling of command line options, as was the case with the more traditional single-letter approach, is provided but not enabled by default. For example, the UNIX "ps" command can be given the command line "option" -vax which means the combination of B<-v>, B<-a> and B<-x>. With the new syntax B<--vax> would be a single option, probably indicating a computer architecture. Command line options can be used to set values. These values can be specified in one of two ways: --size 24 --size=24 GetOptions is called with a list of option-descriptions, each of which consists of two elements: the option specifier and the option linkage. The option specifier defines the name of the option and, optionally, the value it can take. The option linkage is usually a reference to a variable that will be set when the option is used. For example, the following call to GetOptions: GetOptions("size=i" => \$offset); will accept a command line option "size" that must have an integer value. With a command line of "--size 24" this will cause the variable $offset to get the value 24. Alternatively, the first argument to GetOptions may be a reference to a HASH describing the linkage for the options, or an object whose class is based on a HASH. The following call is equivalent to the example above: %optctl = ("size" => \$offset); GetOptions(\%optctl, "size=i"); Linkage may be specified using either of the above methods, or both. Linkage specified in the argument list takes precedence over the linkage specified in the HASH. The command line options are taken from array @ARGV. Upon completion of GetOptions, @ARGV will contain the rest (i.e. the non-options) of the command line. Each option specifier designates the name of the option, optionally followed by an argument specifier. Options that do not take arguments will have no argument specifier. The option variable will be set to 1 if the option is used. For the other options, the values for argument specifiers are: =over 8 =item ! Option does not take an argument and may be negated, i.e. prefixed by "no". E.g. "foo!" will allow B<--foo> (with value 1) and B<-nofoo> (with value 0). The option variable will be set to 1, or 0 if negated. =item =s Option takes a mandatory string argument. This string will be assigned to the option variable. Note that even if the string argument starts with B<-> or B<-->, it will not be considered an option on itself. =item :s Option takes an optional string argument. This string will be assigned to the option variable. If omitted, it will be assigned "" (an empty string). If the string argument starts with B<-> or B<-->, it will be considered an option on itself. =item =i Option takes a mandatory integer argument. This value will be assigned to the option variable. Note that the value may start with B<-> to indicate a negative value. =item :i Option takes an optional integer argument. This value will be assigned to the option variable. If omitted, the value 0 will be assigned. Note that the value may start with B<-> to indicate a negative value. =item =f Option takes a mandatory real number argument. This value will be assigned to the option variable. Note that the value may start with B<-> to indicate a negative value. =item :f Option takes an optional real number argument. This value will be assigned to the option variable. If omitted, the value 0 will be assigned. =back A lone dash B<-> is considered an option, the corresponding option name is the empty string. A double dash on itself B<--> signals end of the options list. =head2 Linkage specification The linkage specifier is optional. If no linkage is explicitly specified but a ref HASH is passed, GetOptions will place the value in the HASH. For example: %optctl = (); GetOptions (\%optctl, "size=i"); will perform the equivalent of the assignment $optctl{"size"} = 24; For array options, a reference to an array is used, e.g.: %optctl = (); GetOptions (\%optctl, "sizes=i@"); with command line "-sizes 24 -sizes 48" will perform the equivalent of the assignment $optctl{"sizes"} = [24, 48]; For hash options (an option whose argument looks like "name=value"), a reference to a hash is used, e.g.: %optctl = (); GetOptions (\%optctl, "define=s%"); with command line "--define foo=hello --define bar=world" will perform the equivalent of the assignment $optctl{"define"} = {foo=>'hello', bar=>'world') If no linkage is explicitly specified and no ref HASH is passed, GetOptions will put the value in a global variable named after the option, prefixed by "opt_". To yield a usable Perl variable, characters that are not part of the syntax for variables are translated to underscores. For example, "--fpp-struct-return" will set the variable $opt_fpp_struct_return. Note that this variable resides in the namespace of the calling program, not necessarily B
. For example: GetOptions ("size=i", "sizes=i@"); with command line "-size 10 -sizes 24 -sizes 48" will perform the equivalent of the assignments $opt_size = 10; @opt_sizes = (24, 48); A lone dash B<-> is considered an option, the corresponding Perl identifier is $opt_ . The linkage specifier can be a reference to a scalar, a reference to an array, a reference to a hash or a reference to a subroutine. If a REF SCALAR is supplied, the new value is stored in the referenced variable. If the option occurs more than once, the previous value is overwritten. If a REF ARRAY is supplied, the new value is appended (pushed) to the referenced array. If a REF HASH is supplied, the option value should look like "key" or "key=value" (if the "=value" is omitted then a value of 1 is implied). In this case, the element of the referenced hash with the key "key" is assigned "value". If a REF CODE is supplied, the referenced subroutine is called with two arguments: the option name and the option value. The option name is always the true name, not an abbreviation or alias. =head2 Aliases and abbreviations The option name may actually be a list of option names, separated by "|"s, e.g. "foo|bar|blech=s". In this example, "foo" is the true name of this option. If no linkage is specified, options "foo", "bar" and "blech" all will set $opt_foo. For convenience, the single character "?" is allowed as an alias, e.g. "help|?". Option names may be abbreviated to uniqueness, depending on configuration option B. =head2 Non-option call-back routine A special option specifier, EE, can be used to designate a subroutine to handle non-option arguments. GetOptions will immediately call this subroutine for every non-option it encounters in the options list. This subroutine gets the name of the non-option passed. This feature requires configuration option B, see section CONFIGURATION OPTIONS. See also the examples. =head2 Option starters On the command line, options can start with B<-> (traditional), B<--> (POSIX) and B<+> (GNU, now being phased out). The latter is not allowed if the environment variable B has been defined. Options that start with "--" may have an argument appended, separated with an "=", e.g. "--foo=bar". =head2 Return values and Errors Configuration errors and errors in the option definitions are signalled using C and will terminate the calling program unless the call to C was embedded in C or C was trapped using C<$SIG{__DIE__}>. A return value of 1 (true) indicates success. A return status of 0 (false) indicates that the function detected one or more errors during option parsing. These errors are signalled using C and can be trapped with C<$SIG{__WARN__}>. Errors that can't happen are signalled using C. =head1 COMPATIBILITY Getopt::Long::GetOptions() is the successor of B that came with Perl 4. It is fully upward compatible. In fact, the Perl 5 version of newgetopt.pl is just a wrapper around the module. If an "@" sign is appended to the argument specifier, the option is treated as an array. Value(s) are not set, but pushed into array @opt_name. If explicit linkage is supplied, this must be a reference to an ARRAY. If an "%" sign is appended to the argument specifier, the option is treated as a hash. Value(s) of the form "name=value" are set by setting the element of the hash %opt_name with key "name" to "value" (if the "=value" portion is omitted it defaults to 1). If explicit linkage is supplied, this must be a reference to a HASH. If configuration option B is set (see section CONFIGURATION OPTIONS), options that start with "+" or "-" may also include their arguments, e.g. "+foo=bar". This is for compatiblity with older implementations of the GNU "getopt" routine. If the first argument to GetOptions is a string consisting of only non-alphanumeric characters, it is taken to specify the option starter characters. Everything starting with one of these characters from the starter will be considered an option. B For convenience, option specifiers may have a leading B<-> or B<-->, so it is possible to write: GetOptions qw(-foo=s --bar=i --ar=s); =head1 EXAMPLES If the option specifier is "one:i" (i.e. takes an optional integer argument), then the following situations are handled: -one -two -> $opt_one = '', -two is next option -one -2 -> $opt_one = -2 Also, assume specifiers "foo=s" and "bar:s" : -bar -xxx -> $opt_bar = '', '-xxx' is next option -foo -bar -> $opt_foo = '-bar' -foo -- -> $opt_foo = '--' In GNU or POSIX format, option names and values can be combined: +foo=blech -> $opt_foo = 'blech' --bar= -> $opt_bar = '' --bar=-- -> $opt_bar = '--' Example of using variable references: $ret = GetOptions ('foo=s', \$foo, 'bar=i', 'ar=s', \@ar); With command line options "-foo blech -bar 24 -ar xx -ar yy" this will result in: $foo = 'blech' $opt_bar = 24 @ar = ('xx','yy') Example of using the EE option specifier: @ARGV = qw(-foo 1 bar -foo 2 blech); GetOptions("foo=i", \$myfoo, "<>", \&mysub); Results: mysub("bar") will be called (with $myfoo being 1) mysub("blech") will be called (with $myfoo being 2) Compare this with: @ARGV = qw(-foo 1 bar -foo 2 blech); GetOptions("foo=i", \$myfoo); This will leave the non-options in @ARGV: $myfoo -> 2 @ARGV -> qw(bar blech) =head1 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS B can be configured by calling subroutine B. This subroutine takes a list of quoted strings, each specifying a configuration option to be set, e.g. B. Options can be reset by prefixing with B, e.g. B. Case does not matter. Multiple calls to B are possible. Previous versions of Getopt::Long used variables for the purpose of configuring. Although manipulating these variables still work, it is strongly encouraged to use the new B routine. Besides, it is much easier. The following options are available: =over 12 =item default This option causes all configuration options to be reset to their default values. =item auto_abbrev Allow option names to be abbreviated to uniqueness. Default is set unless environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT has been set, in which case B is reset. =item getopt_compat Allow '+' to start options. Default is set unless environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT has been set, in which case B is reset. =item require_order Whether non-options are allowed to be mixed with options. Default is set unless environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT has been set, in which case b is reset. See also B, which is the opposite of B. =item permute Whether non-options are allowed to be mixed with options. Default is set unless environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT has been set, in which case B is reset. Note that B is the opposite of B. If B is set, this means that -foo arg1 -bar arg2 arg3 is equivalent to -foo -bar arg1 arg2 arg3 If a non-option call-back routine is specified, @ARGV will always be empty upon succesful return of GetOptions since all options have been processed, except when B<--> is used: -foo arg1 -bar arg2 -- arg3 will call the call-back routine for arg1 and arg2, and terminate leaving arg2 in @ARGV. If B is set, options processing terminates when the first non-option is encountered. -foo arg1 -bar arg2 arg3 is equivalent to -foo -- arg1 -bar arg2 arg3 =item bundling (default: reset) Setting this variable to a non-zero value will allow single-character options to be bundled. To distinguish bundles from long option names, long options must be introduced with B<--> and single-character options (and bundles) with B<->. For example, ps -vax --vax would be equivalent to ps -v -a -x --vax provided "vax", "v", "a" and "x" have been defined to be valid options. Bundled options can also include a value in the bundle; for strings this value is the rest of the bundle, but integer and floating values may be combined in the bundle, e.g. scale -h24w80 is equivalent to scale -h 24 -w 80 Note: resetting B also resets B. =item bundling_override (default: reset) If B is set, bundling is enabled as with B but now long option names override option bundles. In the above example, B<-vax> would be interpreted as the option "vax", not the bundle "v", "a", "x". Note: resetting B also resets B. B Using option bundling can easily lead to unexpected results, especially when mixing long options and bundles. Caveat emptor. =item ignore_case (default: set) If set, case is ignored when matching options. Note: resetting B also resets B. =item ignore_case_always (default: reset) When bundling is in effect, case is ignored on single-character options also. Note: resetting B also resets B. =item pass_through (default: reset) Unknown options are passed through in @ARGV instead of being flagged as errors. This makes it possible to write wrapper scripts that process only part of the user supplied options, and passes the remaining options to some other program. This can be very confusing, especially when B is also set. =item prefix The string that starts options. See also B. =item prefix_pattern A Perl pattern that identifies the strings that introduce options. Default is C<(--|-|\+)> unless environment variable POSIXLY_CORRECT has been set, in which case it is C<(--|-)>. =item debug (default: reset) Enable copious debugging output. =back =head1 OTHER USEFUL VARIABLES =over 12 =item $Getopt::Long::VERSION The version number of this Getopt::Long implementation in the format C.C. This can be used to have Exporter check the version, e.g. use Getopt::Long 3.00; You can inspect $Getopt::Long::major_version and $Getopt::Long::minor_version for the individual components. =item $Getopt::Long::error Internal error flag. May be incremented from a call-back routine to cause options parsing to fail. =back =head1 AUTHOR Johan Vromans Ejvromans@squirrel.nlE =head1 COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER This program is Copyright 1990,1998 by Johan Vromans. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. If you do not have a copy of the GNU General Public License write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. =cut