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diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3 index f843881afd..ecdf42ab76 100644 --- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3 +++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/getopt.3 | |||
| @@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ | |||
| 9 | .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright | 9 | .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright |
| 10 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the | 10 | .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the |
| 11 | .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. | 11 | .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. |
| 12 | .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software | 12 | .\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors |
| 13 | .\" must display the following acknowledgement: | ||
| 14 | .\" This product includes software developed by the University of | ||
| 15 | .\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. | ||
| 16 | .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors | ||
| 17 | .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software | 13 | .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software |
| 18 | .\" without specific prior written permission. | 14 | .\" without specific prior written permission. |
| 19 | .\" | 15 | .\" |
| @@ -29,20 +25,20 @@ | |||
| 29 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF | 25 | .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
| 30 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. | 26 | .\" SUCH DAMAGE. |
| 31 | .\" | 27 | .\" |
| 32 | .\" @(#)getopt.3 8.4 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 | 28 | .\" $OpenBSD: getopt.3,v 1.42 2011/03/05 22:10:11 guenther Exp $ |
| 33 | .\" | 29 | .\" |
| 34 | .Dd April 19, 1994 | 30 | .Dd $Mdocdate: March 5 2011 $ |
| 35 | .Dt GETOPT 3 | 31 | .Dt GETOPT 3 |
| 36 | .Os BSD 4.3 | 32 | .Os |
| 37 | .Sh NAME | 33 | .Sh NAME |
| 38 | .Nm getopt | 34 | .Nm getopt |
| 39 | .Nd get option character from command line argument list | 35 | .Nd get option character from command line argument list |
| 40 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | 36 | .Sh SYNOPSIS |
| 41 | .Fd #include <unistd.h> | 37 | .Fd #include <unistd.h> |
| 42 | .Vt extern char *optarg; | 38 | .Vt extern char *optarg; |
| 39 | .Vt extern int opterr; | ||
| 43 | .Vt extern int optind; | 40 | .Vt extern int optind; |
| 44 | .Vt extern int optopt; | 41 | .Vt extern int optopt; |
| 45 | .Vt extern int opterr; | ||
| 46 | .Vt extern int optreset; | 42 | .Vt extern int optreset; |
| 47 | .Ft int | 43 | .Ft int |
| 48 | .Fn getopt "int argc" "char * const *argv" "const char *optstring" | 44 | .Fn getopt "int argc" "char * const *argv" "const char *optstring" |
| @@ -61,20 +57,25 @@ if it has been specified in the string of accepted option characters, | |||
| 61 | .Pp | 57 | .Pp |
| 62 | The option string | 58 | The option string |
| 63 | .Fa optstring | 59 | .Fa optstring |
| 64 | may contain the following elements: individual characters, and | 60 | may contain the following elements: individual characters, |
| 65 | characters followed by a colon to indicate an option argument | 61 | characters followed by a colon, and characters followed by two colons. |
| 66 | is to follow. | 62 | A character followed by a single colon indicates that an argument |
| 63 | is to follow the option on the command line. | ||
| 64 | Two colons indicates that the argument is optional \- this is an | ||
| 65 | extension not covered by POSIX. | ||
| 67 | For example, an option string | 66 | For example, an option string |
| 68 | .Li "\&""x"" | 67 | .Qq x |
| 69 | recognizes an option | 68 | recognizes an option |
| 70 | .Dq Fl x , | 69 | .Fl x , |
| 71 | and an option string | 70 | and an option string |
| 72 | .Li "\&""x:"" | 71 | .Qq Li x: |
| 73 | recognizes an option and argument | 72 | recognizes an option and argument |
| 74 | .Dq Fl x Ar argument . | 73 | .Fl x Ar argument . |
| 75 | It does not matter to | 74 | It does not matter to |
| 76 | .Fn getopt | 75 | .Fn getopt |
| 77 | if a following argument has leading white space. | 76 | if a following argument has leading whitespace; except in the case where |
| 77 | the argument is optional, denoted with two colons, no leading whitespace | ||
| 78 | is permitted. | ||
| 78 | .Pp | 79 | .Pp |
| 79 | On return from | 80 | On return from |
| 80 | .Fn getopt , | 81 | .Fn getopt , |
| @@ -87,23 +88,23 @@ contains the index to the next | |||
| 87 | argument for a subsequent call | 88 | argument for a subsequent call |
| 88 | to | 89 | to |
| 89 | .Fn getopt . | 90 | .Fn getopt . |
| 90 | The variable | ||
| 91 | .Va optopt | ||
| 92 | saves the last | ||
| 93 | .Em known | ||
| 94 | option character returned by | ||
| 95 | .Fn getopt . | ||
| 96 | .Pp | 91 | .Pp |
| 97 | The variable | 92 | The variables |
| 98 | .Va opterr | 93 | .Va opterr |
| 99 | and | 94 | and |
| 100 | .Va optind | 95 | .Va optind |
| 101 | are both initialized to 1. | 96 | are both initialized to 1. |
| 102 | The | 97 | The |
| 103 | .Va optind | 98 | .Va optind |
| 104 | variable may be set to another value before a set of calls to | 99 | variable may be set to another value larger than 0 before a set of calls to |
| 105 | .Fn getopt | 100 | .Fn getopt |
| 106 | in order to skip over more or less argv entries. | 101 | in order to skip over more or less |
| 102 | .Fa argv | ||
| 103 | entries. | ||
| 104 | An | ||
| 105 | .Va optind | ||
| 106 | value of 0 is reserved for compatibility with GNU | ||
| 107 | .Fn getopt . | ||
| 107 | .Pp | 108 | .Pp |
| 108 | In order to use | 109 | In order to use |
| 109 | .Fn getopt | 110 | .Fn getopt |
| @@ -119,101 +120,154 @@ must be reinitialized. | |||
| 119 | .Pp | 120 | .Pp |
| 120 | The | 121 | The |
| 121 | .Fn getopt | 122 | .Fn getopt |
| 122 | function | 123 | function returns \-1 when the argument list is exhausted. |
| 123 | returns \-1 | ||
| 124 | when the argument list is exhausted, or a non-recognized | ||
| 125 | option is encountered. | ||
| 126 | The interpretation of options in the argument list may be cancelled | 124 | The interpretation of options in the argument list may be cancelled |
| 127 | by the option | 125 | by the option |
| 128 | .Ql -- | 126 | .Ql -- |
| 129 | (double dash) which causes | 127 | (double dash) which causes |
| 130 | .Fn getopt | 128 | .Fn getopt |
| 131 | to signal the end of argument processing and returns \-1. | 129 | to signal the end of argument processing and return \-1. |
| 132 | When all options have been processed (i.e., up to the first non-option | 130 | When all options have been processed (i.e., up to the first non-option |
| 133 | argument), | 131 | argument), |
| 134 | .Fn getopt | 132 | .Fn getopt |
| 135 | returns \-1. | 133 | returns \-1. |
| 136 | .Sh DIAGNOSTICS | 134 | .Sh RETURN VALUES |
| 137 | If the | 135 | The |
| 138 | .Fn getopt | 136 | .Fn getopt |
| 139 | function encounters a character not found in the string | 137 | function returns the next known option character in |
| 140 | .Va optarg | 138 | .Fa optstring . |
| 141 | or detects | ||
| 142 | a missing option argument it writes an error message and returns | ||
| 143 | .Ql ? | ||
| 144 | to the | ||
| 145 | .Em stderr . | ||
| 146 | Setting | ||
| 147 | .Va opterr | ||
| 148 | to a zero will disable these error messages. | ||
| 149 | If | 139 | If |
| 150 | .Va optstring | 140 | .Fn getopt |
| 151 | has a leading | 141 | encounters a character not found in |
| 152 | .Ql \&: | 142 | .Fa optstring |
| 153 | then a missing option argument causes a | 143 | or if it detects a missing option argument, |
| 154 | .Ql \&: | 144 | it returns |
| 155 | to be returned in addition to suppressing any error messages. | 145 | .Sq \&? |
| 156 | .Pp | 146 | (question mark). |
| 157 | Option arguments are allowed to begin with | 147 | If |
| 158 | .Dq Li \- ; | 148 | .Fa optstring |
| 159 | this is reasonable but | 149 | has a leading |
| 160 | reduces the amount of error checking possible. | 150 | .Sq \&: |
| 161 | .Sh EXTENSIONS | 151 | then a missing option argument causes |
| 152 | .Sq \&: | ||
| 153 | to be returned instead of | ||
| 154 | .Sq \&? . | ||
| 155 | In either case, the variable | ||
| 156 | .Va optopt | ||
| 157 | is set to the character that caused the error. | ||
| 162 | The | 158 | The |
| 163 | .Va optreset | ||
| 164 | variable was added to make it possible to call the | ||
| 165 | .Fn getopt | 159 | .Fn getopt |
| 166 | function multiple times. | 160 | function returns \-1 when the argument list is exhausted. |
| 167 | This is an extension to the | 161 | .Sh EXAMPLES |
| 168 | .St -p1003.2 | 162 | The following code accepts the options |
| 169 | specification. | 163 | .Fl b |
| 170 | .Sh EXAMPLE | 164 | and |
| 171 | .Bd -literal -compact | 165 | .Fl f Ar argument |
| 172 | extern char *optarg; | 166 | and adjusts |
| 173 | extern int optind; | 167 | .Va argc |
| 168 | and | ||
| 169 | .Va argv | ||
| 170 | after option argument processing has completed. | ||
| 171 | .Bd -literal -offset indent | ||
| 174 | int bflag, ch, fd; | 172 | int bflag, ch, fd; |
| 175 | 173 | ||
| 176 | bflag = 0; | 174 | bflag = 0; |
| 177 | while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "bf:")) != -1) | 175 | while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "bf:")) != -1) { |
| 178 | switch(ch) { | 176 | switch (ch) { |
| 179 | case 'b': | 177 | case 'b': |
| 180 | bflag = 1; | 178 | bflag = 1; |
| 181 | break; | 179 | break; |
| 182 | case 'f': | 180 | case 'f': |
| 183 | if ((fd = open(optarg, O_RDONLY, 0)) < 0) { | 181 | if ((fd = open(optarg, O_RDONLY, 0)) == -1) |
| 184 | (void)fprintf(stderr, | 182 | err(1, "%s", optarg); |
| 185 | "myname: %s: %s\en", optarg, strerror(errno)); | ||
| 186 | exit(1); | ||
| 187 | } | ||
| 188 | break; | 183 | break; |
| 189 | case '?': | ||
| 190 | default: | 184 | default: |
| 191 | usage(); | 185 | usage(); |
| 186 | /* NOTREACHED */ | ||
| 187 | } | ||
| 192 | } | 188 | } |
| 193 | argc -= optind; | 189 | argc -= optind; |
| 194 | argv += optind; | 190 | argv += optind; |
| 195 | .Ed | 191 | .Ed |
| 196 | .Sh HISTORY | 192 | .Sh DIAGNOSTICS |
| 193 | If the | ||
| 194 | .Fn getopt | ||
| 195 | function encounters a character not found in the string | ||
| 196 | .Fa optstring | ||
| 197 | or detects | ||
| 198 | a missing option argument, it writes an error message to | ||
| 199 | .Em stderr | ||
| 200 | and returns | ||
| 201 | .Ql \&? . | ||
| 202 | Setting | ||
| 203 | .Va opterr | ||
| 204 | to a zero will disable these error messages. | ||
| 205 | If | ||
| 206 | .Fa optstring | ||
| 207 | has a leading | ||
| 208 | .Ql \&: | ||
| 209 | then a missing option argument causes a | ||
| 210 | .Ql \&: | ||
| 211 | to be returned in addition to suppressing any error messages. | ||
| 212 | .Pp | ||
| 213 | Option arguments are allowed to begin with | ||
| 214 | .Ql - ; | ||
| 215 | this is reasonable but reduces the amount of error checking possible. | ||
| 216 | .Sh SEE ALSO | ||
| 217 | .Xr getopt 1 , | ||
| 218 | .Xr getopt_long 3 , | ||
| 219 | .Xr getsubopt 3 | ||
| 220 | .Sh STANDARDS | ||
| 197 | The | 221 | The |
| 198 | .Fn getopt | 222 | .Fn getopt |
| 199 | function appeared | 223 | function implements a superset of the functionality specified by |
| 200 | .Bx 4.3 . | 224 | .St -p1003.1 . |
| 201 | .Sh BUGS | 225 | .Pp |
| 226 | The following extensions are supported: | ||
| 227 | .Bl -tag -width "xxx" | ||
| 228 | .It Li o | ||
| 202 | The | 229 | The |
| 230 | .Va optreset | ||
| 231 | variable was added to make it possible to call the | ||
| 203 | .Fn getopt | 232 | .Fn getopt |
| 204 | function was once specified to return | 233 | function multiple times. |
| 205 | .Dv EOF | 234 | .It Li o |
| 206 | instead of \-1. | 235 | If the |
| 207 | This was changed by | 236 | .Va optind |
| 208 | .St -p1003.2-92 | 237 | variable is set to 0, |
| 209 | to decouple | ||
| 210 | .Fn getopt | 238 | .Fn getopt |
| 211 | from | 239 | will behave as if the |
| 212 | .Pa <stdio.h> . | 240 | .Va optreset |
| 213 | .Pp | 241 | variable has been set. |
| 242 | This is for compatibility with | ||
| 243 | .Tn GNU | ||
| 244 | .Fn getopt . | ||
| 245 | New code should use | ||
| 246 | .Va optreset | ||
| 247 | instead. | ||
| 248 | .It Li o | ||
| 249 | If the first character of | ||
| 250 | .Fa optstring | ||
| 251 | is a plus sign | ||
| 252 | .Pq Ql + , | ||
| 253 | it will be ignored. | ||
| 254 | This is for compatibility with | ||
| 255 | .Tn GNU | ||
| 256 | .Fn getopt . | ||
| 257 | .It Li o | ||
| 258 | If the first character of | ||
| 259 | .Fa optstring | ||
| 260 | is a dash | ||
| 261 | .Pq Ql - , | ||
| 262 | non-options will be returned as arguments to the option character | ||
| 263 | .Ql \e1 . | ||
| 264 | This is for compatibility with | ||
| 265 | .Tn GNU | ||
| 266 | .Fn getopt . | ||
| 267 | .It Li o | ||
| 214 | A single dash | 268 | A single dash |
| 215 | .Dq Li - | 269 | .Pq Ql - |
| 216 | may be specified as an character in | 270 | may be specified as a character in |
| 217 | .Fa optstring , | 271 | .Fa optstring , |
| 218 | however it should | 272 | however it should |
| 219 | .Em never | 273 | .Em never |
| @@ -221,40 +275,90 @@ have an argument associated with it. | |||
| 221 | This allows | 275 | This allows |
| 222 | .Fn getopt | 276 | .Fn getopt |
| 223 | to be used with programs that expect | 277 | to be used with programs that expect |
| 224 | .Dq Li - | 278 | .Ql - |
| 225 | as an option flag. | 279 | as an option flag. |
| 226 | This practice is wrong, and should not be used in any current development. | 280 | This practice is wrong, and should not be used in any current development. |
| 227 | It is provided for backward compatibility | 281 | It is provided for backward compatibility |
| 228 | .Em only . | 282 | .Em only . |
| 283 | Care should be taken not to use | ||
| 284 | .Ql - | ||
| 285 | as the first character in | ||
| 286 | .Fa optstring | ||
| 287 | to avoid a semantic conflict with | ||
| 288 | .Tn GNU | ||
| 289 | .Fn getopt | ||
| 290 | semantics (see above). | ||
| 229 | By default, a single dash causes | 291 | By default, a single dash causes |
| 230 | .Fn getopt | 292 | .Fn getopt |
| 231 | to return \-1. | 293 | to return \-1. |
| 232 | This is, we believe, compatible with System V. | 294 | .El |
| 295 | .Pp | ||
| 296 | Historic | ||
| 297 | .Bx | ||
| 298 | versions of | ||
| 299 | .Fn getopt | ||
| 300 | set | ||
| 301 | .Fa optopt | ||
| 302 | to the last option character processed. | ||
| 303 | However, this conflicts with | ||
| 304 | .St -p1003.1 | ||
| 305 | which stipulates that | ||
| 306 | .Fa optopt | ||
| 307 | be set to the last character that caused an error. | ||
| 308 | .Sh HISTORY | ||
| 309 | The | ||
| 310 | .Fn getopt | ||
| 311 | function appeared in | ||
| 312 | .Bx 4.3 . | ||
| 313 | .Sh BUGS | ||
| 314 | The | ||
| 315 | .Fn getopt | ||
| 316 | function was once specified to return | ||
| 317 | .Dv EOF | ||
| 318 | instead of \-1. | ||
| 319 | This was changed by | ||
| 320 | .St -p1003.2-92 | ||
| 321 | to decouple | ||
| 322 | .Fn getopt | ||
| 323 | from | ||
| 324 | .Aq Pa stdio.h . | ||
| 233 | .Pp | 325 | .Pp |
| 234 | It is also possible to handle digits as option letters. | 326 | It is possible to handle digits as option letters. |
| 235 | This allows | 327 | This allows |
| 236 | .Fn getopt | 328 | .Fn getopt |
| 237 | to be used with programs that expect a number | 329 | to be used with programs that expect a number |
| 238 | .Pq Dq Li \&-\&3 | 330 | .Pq Dq Li \-3 |
| 239 | as an option. | 331 | as an option. |
| 240 | This practice is wrong, and should not be used in any current development. | 332 | This practice is wrong, and should not be used in any current development. |
| 241 | It is provided for backward compatibility | 333 | It is provided for backward compatibility |
| 242 | .Em only . | 334 | .Em only . |
| 243 | The following code fragment works in most cases. | 335 | The following code fragment works in most cases and can handle mixed |
| 336 | number and letter arguments. | ||
| 244 | .Bd -literal -offset indent | 337 | .Bd -literal -offset indent |
| 245 | int length; | 338 | int aflag = 0, bflag = 0, ch, lastch = '\e0'; |
| 246 | char *p; | 339 | int length = -1, newarg = 1, prevoptind = 1; |
| 247 | 340 | ||
| 248 | while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "0123456789")) != -1) | 341 | while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "0123456789ab")) != -1) { |
| 249 | switch (c) { | 342 | switch (ch) { |
| 250 | case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4': | 343 | case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4': |
| 251 | case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9': | 344 | case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9': |
| 252 | p = argv[optind - 1]; | 345 | if (newarg || !isdigit(lastch)) |
| 253 | if (p[0] == '-' && p[1] == ch && !p[2]) | 346 | length = 0; |
| 254 | length = atoi(++p); | 347 | else if (length > INT_MAX / 10) |
| 255 | else | 348 | usage(); |
| 256 | length = atoi(argv[optind] + 1); | 349 | length = (length * 10) + (ch - '0'); |
| 257 | break; | 350 | break; |
| 351 | case 'a': | ||
| 352 | aflag = 1; | ||
| 353 | break; | ||
| 354 | case 'b': | ||
| 355 | bflag = 1; | ||
| 356 | break; | ||
| 357 | default: | ||
| 358 | usage(); | ||
| 258 | } | 359 | } |
| 360 | lastch = ch; | ||
| 361 | newarg = optind != prevoptind; | ||
| 362 | prevoptind = optind; | ||
| 259 | } | 363 | } |
| 260 | .Ed | 364 | .Ed |
