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ARG(2)                        System Calls Manual                       ARG(2)



NAME
       ARGBEGIN, ARGEND, ARGC, ARGF, EARGF - process option letters from argv

SYNOPSIS
       #include <u.h>
       #include <libc.h>

       ARGBEGIN {
       char *ARGF();
       char *EARGF(code);
       Rune ARGC();
       } ARGEND

       extern char *argv0;

DESCRIPTION
       These  macros assume the names argc and argv are in scope; see exec(2).
       ARGBEGIN and ARGEND surround code for processing program options.   The
       code should be the cases of a C switch on option characters; it is exe‐
       cuted once for each option character.  Options end  after  an  argument
       --, before an argument -, or before an argument that doesn't begin with
       -.

       The function macro ARGC returns the current option character, as an in‐
       teger.

       The  function macro ARGF returns the current option argument: a pointer
       to the rest of the option string if not empty, or the next argument  in
       argv if any, or 0.  ARGF must be called just once for each option argu‐
       ment.  The macro EARGF is like ARGF but instead of returning zero  runs
       code and, if that returns, calls abort(2).  A typical value for code is
       usage(), as in EARGF(usage()).

       After ARGBEGIN, argv0 is a copy of argv[0] (conventionally the name  of
       the program).

       After  ARGEND,  argv  points at a zero-terminated list of the remaining
       argc arguments.

EXAMPLE
       This C program can take option b and option f, which requires an  argu‐
       ment.

              #include <u.h>
              #include <libc.h>
              void
              main(int argc, char *argv[])
              {
                      char *f;
                      print("%s", argv[0]);
                      ARGBEGIN {
                      case 'b':
                              print(" -b");
                              break;
                      case 'f':
                              print(" -f(%s)", (f=ARGF())? f: "no arg");
                              break;
                      default:
                              print(" badflag('%c')", ARGC());
                      } ARGEND
                      print(" %d args:", argc);
                      while(*argv)
                              print(" '%s'", *argv++);
                      print("\n");
                      exits(nil);
              }

       Here  is  the output from running the command prog -bffile1 -r -f file2
       arg1 arg2

              prog -b -f(file1) badflag('r') -f(file2) 2 args: 'arg1' 'arg2'

SOURCE
       /sys/include/libc.h

SEE ALSO
       getflags(8)



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