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b91e2391 1/* -*-c-*-
2 *
b91e2391 3 * Options parsing, similar to GNU @getopt_long@
4 *
9cecacb1 5 * (c) 1996 Straylight/Edgeware
b91e2391 6 */
7
8/*----- Licensing notice --------------------------------------------------*
9 *
10 * This file is part of many programs.
11 *
12 * `mdwopt' is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
13 * it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
14 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
15 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
16 *
17 * `mdwopt' is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
18 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
19 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
20 * GNU Library General Public License for more details.
21 *
22 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
4033d96b 23 * License along with `mdwopt'; if not, write to the Free
24 * Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
25 * MA 02111-1307, USA.
b91e2391 26 */
27
b91e2391 28#ifndef MDWOPT_H
29#define MDWOPT_H
30
31/*----- Options handling structures ---------------------------------------*/
32
33#ifdef __cplusplus
34 extern "C" {
35#endif
36
37/* --- @mdwopt_data@ --- *
38 *
39 * Contains all the information needed by the @mdwopt@ routine to do its
379c3233 40 * work. Try not to use @prog@ any more. If you're using mLib, the @quis@/
41 * @ego@ interface works better.
b91e2391 42 */
43
44typedef struct {
379c3233 45
b91e2391 46 /* --- Public variables --- */
47
48 char *arg; /* Arg of current option, or 0 */
49 int opt; /* Value of current option */
50 int ind; /* 0 for init, index when done */
51 int err; /* Set nonzero for error messages */
52 char *prog; /* Program name (from @argv[0]@) */
53
54 /* --- Private variables --- *
55 *
56 * Don't play with these, please.
57 */
58
59 char *list; /* Current short options pointer */
60 int next; /* Next argument, unpermuted */
61 int order; /* Ordering of options, flags */
62 char *env; /* Where we are in the env var */
63 char *estart; /* Pointer to env var buffer */
64}
65mdwopt_data;
66
67/*----- Global variables --------------------------------------------------*/
68
69extern mdwopt_data mdwopt_global; /* The default global data */
70
71/* --- For compatibility with older programs (and prettiness) --- *
72 *
73 * The macros here access the global structure defined above. I consider it
74 * to be perfectly acceptable to use these macros in new code, because it
75 * looks nicer than playing with @mdwopt_global@.
76 */
77
78#define optarg (mdwopt_global.arg) /* Argument of current option */
79#define optopt (mdwopt_global.opt) /* Code of current option */
80#define opterr (mdwopt_global.err) /* Zero to report error messages */
81#define optind (mdwopt_global.ind) /* Index of first non-option */
82#define optprog (mdwopt_global.prog) /* Pointer to program name */
83
84/*----- Type definitions --------------------------------------------------*/
85
86/* --- Long options definition table --- */
87
88struct option {
89 const char *name; /* Name of the long option */
90 int has_arg; /* Does it have an argument? */
91 int *flag; /* Address of flag variable */
92 int val; /* Value to store/return */
93};
94
95/* --- Old-style names for argument flags in long options table --- */
96
97enum {
98 no_argument, /* No argument required */
99 required_argument, /* User must specify argument */
100 optional_argument /* Argument is optional */
101};
102
103/* --- New style flag names --- */
104
204877d5 105#define OPTF_NOARG 0u /* No argument */
106#define OPTF_ARGREQ 1u /* Required argument */
107#define OPTF_ARGOPT 2u /* Optional argument */
108#define OPTF_ARG 3u /* Argument type bitmask */
109#define OPTF_SWITCH 4u /* OR val into flag, don't store */
110#define OPTF_NEGATE 8u /* Allow long option to be negated */
111
112#define OPTF_NOLONGS 1u /* Don't read long options */
113#define OPTF_NOSHORTS 2u /* Don't read short options */
114#define OPTF_NUMBERS 4u /* Read numeric options */
115#define OPTF_NEGATION 8u /* Allow `%|+|%' for negations */
116#define OPTF_ENVVAR 16u /* Parse options from env var */
117#define OPTF_NOPROGNAME 32u /* Don't set @optprog@ */
118#define OPTF_NEGNUMBER 64u /* Allow negated number options */
119
120#define OPTF_NEGATED 256u /* Option flag was negated by user */
379c3233 121
122/* --- Older new-style names --- */
123
124enum {
125 gFlag_argReq = 1, gFlag_argOpt = 2, gFlag_switch = 4, gFlag_negate = 8
b91e2391 126};
127
128enum {
379c3233 129 gFlag_noLongs = 1, gFlag_noShorts = 2, gFlag_numbers = 4,
130 gFlag_negation = 8, gFlag_envVar = 16, gFlag_noProgName = 32,
131 gFlag_negNumber = 64
b91e2391 132};
133
134enum {
379c3233 135 gFlag_negated = 256
b91e2391 136};
137
138/*----- Main code ---------------------------------------------------------*/
139
140/* --- @mdwopt@ --- *
141 *
142 * Arguments: @int argc@ = number of command line arguments
143 * @char * const *argv@ = pointer to command line arguments
144 * @const char *shortopt@ = pointer to short options information
145 * @const struct option *longopts@ = pointer to long opts info
146 * @int *longind@ = where to store matched longopt
147 * @mdwopt_data *data@ = persistent state for the parser
148 * @int flags@ = various useful flags
149 *
150 * Returns: Value of option found next, or an error character, or
151 * @EOF@ for the last thing.
152 *
153 * Use: Reads options. The routine should be more-or-less compatible
154 * with standard getopts, although it provides many more
155 * features even than the standard GNU implementation.
156 *
157 * The precise manner of options parsing is determined by
158 * various flag settings, which are described below. By setting
159 * flag values appropriately, you can achieve behaviour very
160 * similar to most other getopt routines.
161 *
162 *
163 * How options parsing appears to users
164 *
165 * A command line consists of a number of `words' (which may
166 * contain spaces, according to various shell quoting
167 * conventions). A word may be an option, an argument to an
168 * option, or a non-option. An option begins with a special
169 * character, usually `%|-|%', although `%|+|%' is also used
170 * sometimes. As special exceptions, the word containing only a
171 * `%|-|%' is considered to be a non-option, since it usually
172 * represents standard input or output as a filename, and the
173 * word containing a double-dash `%|--|%' is used to mark all
174 * following words as being non-options regardless of their
175 * initial character.
176 *
177 * Traditionally, all words after the first non-option have been
178 * considered to be non-options automatically, so that options
179 * must be specified before filenames. However, this
180 * implementation can extract all the options from the command
181 * line regardless of their position. This can usually be
182 * disabled by setting one of the environment variables
183 * `%|POSIXLY_CORRECT|%' or `%|_POSIX_OPTION_ORDER|%'.
184 *
185 * There are two different styles of options: `short' and
186 * `long'.
187 *
188 * Short options are the sort which Unix has known for ages: an
189 * option is a single letter, preceded by a `%|-|%'. Short
190 * options can be joined together to save space (and possibly to
191 * make silly words): e.g., instead of giving options
192 * `%|-x.-y|%', a user could write `%|-xy|%'. Some short
193 * options can have arguments, which appear after the option
194 * letter, either immediately following, or in the next `word'
195 * (so an option with an argument could be written as
196 * `%|-o foo|%' or as `%|-ofoo|%'). Note that options with
197 * optional arguments must be written in the second style.
198 *
199 * When a short option controls a flag setting, it is sometimes
200 * possible to explicitly turn the flag off, as well as turning
201 * it on, (usually to override default options). This is
202 * usually done by using a `%|+|%' instead of a `%|-|%' to
203 * introduce the option.
204 *
5b59e227 205 * Long options, as popularized by the GNU utilities, are given
b91e2391 206 * long-ish memorable names, preceded by a double-dash `%|--|%'.
207 * Since their names are more than a single character, long
208 * options can't be combined in the same way as short options.
209 * Arguments to long options may be given either in the same
210 * `word', separated from the option name by an equals sign, or
211 * in the following `word'.
212 *
213 * Long option names can be abbreviated if necessary, as long
214 * as the abbreviation is unique. This means that options can
215 * have sensible and memorable names but still not require much
216 * typing from an experienced user.
217 *
218 * Like short options, long options can control flag settings.
219 * The options to manipulate these settings come in pairs: an
220 * option of the form `%|--set-flag|%' might set the flag, while
221 * an option of the form `%|--no-set-flag|%' might clear it.
222 *
223 * It is usual for applications to provide both short and long
224 * options with identical behaviour. Some applications with
225 * lots of options may only provide long options (although they
226 * will often be only two or three characters long). In this
227 * case, long options can be preceded with a single `%|-|%'
228 * character, and negated by a `%|+|%' character.
229 *
230 * Finally, some (older) programs accept arguments of the form
231 * `%%@.{"-"<number>}%%', to set some numerical parameter,
232 * typically a line count of some kind.
233 *
234 *
235 * How programs parse options
236 *
237 * An application parses its options by calling mdwopt
238 * repeatedly. Each time it is called, mdwopt returns a value
239 * describing the option just read, and stores information about
240 * the option in a data block. The value %$-1$% is returned
241 * when there are no more options to be read. The `%|?|%'
242 * character is returned when an error is encountered.
243 *
244 * Before starting to parse options, the value @data->ind@ must
245 * be set to 0 or 1. The value of @data->err@ can also be set,
246 * to choose whether errors are reported by mdwopt.
247 *
248 * The program's `@argc@' and `@argv@' arguments are passed to
249 * the options parser, so that it can read the command line. A
250 * flags word is also passed, allowing the program fine control
251 * over parsing. The flags are described above.
252 *
253 * Short options are described by a string, which once upon a
254 * time just contained the permitted option characters. Now the
255 * options string begins with a collection of flag characters,
256 * and various flag characters can be put after options
257 * characters to change their properties.
258 *
259 * If the first character of the short options string is
260 * `%|+|%', `%|-|%' or `%|!|%', the order in which options are
261 * read is modified, as follows:
262 *
263 * `%|+|%' forces the POSIX order to be used. As soon as a non-
264 * option is found, mdwopt returns %$-1$%.
265 *
266 * `%|-|%' makes mdwopt treat non-options as being `special'
267 * sorts of option. When a non-option word is found, the
268 * value 0 is returned, and the actual text of the word
269 * is stored as being the option's argument.
270 *
271 * `%|!|%' forces the default order to be used. The entire
272 * command line is scanned for options, which are
273 * returned in order. However, during this process,
274 * the options are moved in the @argv@ array, so that
275 * they appear before the non- options.
276 *
277 * A `%|:|%' character may be placed after the ordering flag (or
278 * at the very beginning if no ordering flag is given) which
279 * indicates that the character `%|:|%', rather than `%|?|%',
280 * should be returned if a missing argument error is detected.
281 *
282 * Each option in the string can be followed by a `%|+|%' sign,
283 * indicating that it can be negated, a `%|:|%' sign indicating
284 * that it requires an argument, or a `%|::|%' string,
285 * indicating an optional argument. Both `%|+|%' and `%|:|%' or
286 * `%|::|%' may be given, although the `%|+|%' must come first.
287 *
288 * If an option is found, the option character is returned to
289 * the caller. A pointer to an argument is stored in
290 * @data->arg@, or @NULL@ is stored if there was no argument.
291 * If a negated option was found, the option character is
79eae586 292 * returned ORred with @OPTF_NEGATED@ (bit 8 set).
b91e2391 293 *
294 * Long options are described in a table. Each entry in the
295 * table is of type @struct option@, and the table is terminated
296 * by an entry whose @name@ field is null. Each option has
297 * a flags word which, due to historical reasons, is called
298 * @has_arg@. This describes various properties of the option,
299 * such as what sort of argument it takes, and whether it can
300 * be negated.
301 *
302 * When mdwopt finds a long option, it looks the name up in the
303 * table. The index of the matching entry is stored in the
304 * @longind@ variable, passed to mdwopt (unless @longind@ is 0):
305 * a value of %$-1$% indicates that no long option was
306 * found. The behaviour is then dependent on the values in the
307 * table entry. If @flag@ is nonzero, it points to an integer
308 * to be modified by mdwopt. Usually the value in the @val@
309 * field is simply stored in the @flag@ variable. If the flag
79eae586 310 * @OPTF_SWITCH@ is set, however, the value is combined with
b91e2391 311 * the existing value of the flags using a bitwise OR. If
79eae586 312 * @OPTF_NEGATE@ is set, then the flag bit will be cleared if a
b91e2391 313 * matching negated long option is found. The value 0 is
314 * returned.
315 *
316 * If @flag@ is zero, the value in @val@ is returned by mdwopt,
317 * possibly with bit 8 set if the option was negated.
318 *
319 * Arguments for long options are stored in @data->arg@, as
320 * before.
321 *
322 * Numeric options, if enabled, cause the value `%|#|%' to be
323 * returned, and the numeric value to be stored in @data->opt@.
324 *
79eae586 325 * If the flag @OPTF_ENVVAR@ is set on entry, options will be
b91e2391 326 * extracted from an environment variable whose name is built by
79eae586 327 * capitalizing all the letters of the program's name. (This
b91e2391 328 * allows a user to have different default settings for a
79eae586 329 * program, by calling it through different symbolic links.)
330 */
b91e2391 331
332extern int mdwopt(int /*argc*/, char *const */*argv*/,
333 const char */*shortopt*/,
334 const struct option */*longopts*/, int */*longind*/,
335 mdwopt_data */*data*/, int /*flags*/);
336
337/* --- Macros for more commonly used routines --- */
338
79eae586 339#define getopt(c, v, o) mdwopt(c, v, o, 0, 0, 0, OPTF_NOLONGS)
b91e2391 340#define getopt_long(c, v, o, l, li) mdwopt(c, v, o, l, li, 0, 0)
341#define getopt_long_only(c, v, o, l, li) \
79eae586 342 mdwopt(c, v, o, l, li, 0, OPTF_NOSHORTS)
b91e2391 343
344#ifdef __cplusplus
345}
346#endif
347
348/*----- C++ wrapper class -------------------------------------------------*/
349
350#ifdef __cplusplus
351
352/* --- Class: @MdwOpt@ --- *
353 *
354 * Parent: ---
355 *
356 * Methods: @MdwOpt@ -- construct a new mdwopt object with the given
357 * arguments. These are remembered for later use.
358 * @arg@ -- return the argument of the current option
359 * arguments. These are remembered for later use.
360 * @arg@ -- return the argument of the current option
361 * @opt@ -- return the value of the current option
362 * @ind@ -- return the index of the next unread argument
363 * @longind@ -- return index of current long option in table
364 * @errors@ -- return or set whether we report errors to the
365 * user
366 * @prog@ -- return program name from @argv[0]@
367 * @next@ -- return next option read from the table
368 *
369 * Use: A simple C++ class for encapsulating the options parser.
370 * The methods are all nice and simple, and extremely similar
371 * to the normal C interface described above.
372 */
373
374class MdwOpt {
375 protected:
376 int argc;
377 char * const *argv;
378 const char *shortopts;
379 const struct option *longopts;
380 int long_ind;
381 int flags;
382
383 mdwopt_data data;
384
385 public:
386 MdwOpt(int c, char * const *v, const char *so,
387 const struct option *lo, int f=0) :
388 argc(c), argv(v), shortopts(so), longopts(lo), flags(f) {
389 data.ind = 0;
390 data.err = 1;
391 }
392
393 const char *arg(void) const { return (data.arg); }
394 int opt(void) const { return (data.opt); }
395 int errors(void) const { return (data.err); }
396 int errors(int e) { int oe = data.err; data.err = e; return (oe); }
397 int ind(void) const { return (data.ind); }
398 int longind(void) const { return (long_ind); }
399 const char *prog(void) const { return (data.prog); }
400
401 int next(void) {
402 return (mdwopt(argc, argv, shortopts,
403 longopts, &long_ind, &data, flags));
404 }
405};
406
407#endif
408
409/*----- That's all, folks -------------------------------------------------*/
410
411#endif