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30.\" @(#)getsubopt.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93
31.\"
32.Dd June 9, 1993
33.Dt GETSUBOPT 3
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm getsubopt
37.Nd get sub options from an argument
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Fd #include <stdlib.h>
40.Vt extern char *suboptarg;
41.Ft int
42.Fn getsubopt "char **optionp" "char * const *tokens" "char **valuep"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Fn getsubopt
46function parses a string containing tokens delimited by one or more
47tab, space or comma
48.Pq Ql \&,
49characters.
50It is intended for use in parsing groups of option arguments provided
51as part of a utility command line.
52.Pp
53The argument
54.Fa optionp
55is a pointer to a pointer to the string.
56The argument
57.Fa tokens
58is a pointer to a null-terminated array of pointers to strings.
59.Pp
60The
61.Fn getsubopt
62function returns the zero-based offset of the pointer in the
63.Fa tokens
64array referencing a string which matches the first token
65in the string, or \-1 if the string contains no tokens or
66.Fa tokens
67does not contain a matching string.
68.Pp
69If the token is of the form
70.Ar name Ns No = Ns Ar value ,
71the location referenced by
72.Fa valuep
73will be set to point to the start of the
74.Dq value
75portion of the token.
76.Pp
77On return from
78.Fn getsubopt ,
79.Fa optionp
80will be set to point to the start of the next token in the string,
81or the null at the end of the string if no more tokens are present.
82The external variable
83.Fa suboptarg
84will be set to point to the start of the current token, or
85.Dv NULL
86if no tokens were present.
87The argument
88.Fa valuep
89will be set to point to the value portion of the token, or
90.Dv NULL
91if no value portion was present.
92.Sh EXAMPLES
93.Bd -literal -compact
94char *tokens[] = {
95 #define ONE 0
96 "one",
97 #define TWO 1
98 "two",
99 NULL
100};
101
102\&...
103
104extern char *optarg, *suboptarg;
105char *options, *value;
106
107while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "ab:")) != \-1) {
108 switch(ch) {
109 case 'a':
110 /* process ``a'' option */
111 break;
112 case 'b':
113 options = optarg;
114 while (*options) {
115 switch(getsubopt(&options, tokens, &value)) {
116 case ONE:
117 /* process ``one'' sub option */
118 break;
119 case TWO:
120 /* process ``two'' sub option */
121 if (!value)
122 error("no value for two");
123 i = atoi(value);
124 break;
125 case \-1:
126 if (suboptarg)
127 error("illegal sub option %s",
128 suboptarg);
129 else
130 error("missing sub option");
131 break;
132 }
133 break;
134 }
135.Ed
136.Sh SEE ALSO
137.Xr getopt 3 ,
138.Xr strsep 3
139.Sh HISTORY
140The
141.Fn getsubopt
142function first appeared in
143.Bx 4.4 .