getopts and long options

getopts and long options

[DervishD]

    Hi all :)

    I have a script which needs to receive a set of highly related
options. This can be implemented using the "getopts" builtin, using
arguments to options and parsing the argument afterwards, but the
best solution is to use long options (in this case, two letter
options). Unfortunately, "getopts" doesn't support long options and
I'm forced to use GNU getopt :(

    I would prefer to use the "getopts" builtin if possible, rather
than GNU getopt, to avoid a dependency, so: is there any 'trick' for
"getopts" to make it accept long options or must I use GNU getopt?

    Thanks a lot in advance :)

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

-- 
Linux Registered User 88736 | http://www.dervishd.net
http://www.pleyades.net & http://www.gotesdelluna.net
It's my PC and I'll cry if I want to...

Re: getopts and long options

[Doug Kearns]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 12:16:04PM +0200, DervishD wrote:

<snip>
 
>     I would prefer to use the "getopts" builtin if possible, rather
> than GNU getopt, to avoid a dependency, so: is there any 'trick' for
> "getopts" to make it accept long options or must I use GNU getopt?

Have a look at zparseopts.
 
Regards,
Doug

Re: getopts and long options

[DervishD]

    Hi Doug :)

 * Doug Kearns <dougkearns@gmail.com> dixit:
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 12:16:04PM +0200, DervishD wrote:
> >     I would prefer to use the "getopts" builtin if possible, rather
> > than GNU getopt, to avoid a dependency, so: is there any 'trick' for
> > "getopts" to make it accept long options or must I use GNU getopt?
> Have a look at zparseopts.

    I think I've already told in this list that sometimes (quite
frequently, lately) I'm a dumbass. Well, in my defense I'll say that
I thought that zparseopts was a contribution script and I don't
wanted to ship my script with a dependency on another script. But it
is a builtin and I'm a dumbass...

    Thanks for pointing, Doug, otherwise I would have written a
parser for long options or used GNU getopt O:) Thanks a lot, really.

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

-- 
Linux Registered User 88736 | http://www.dervishd.net
http://www.pleyades.net & http://www.gotesdelluna.net
It's my PC and I'll cry if I want to...