From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1524 invoked from network); 2 Sep 2005 23:05:21 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 2 Sep 2005 23:05:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 51290 invoked from network); 2 Sep 2005 23:05:14 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Sep 2005 23:05:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 14690 invoked by alias); 2 Sep 2005 23:05:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 9373 Received: (qmail 14680 invoked from network); 2 Sep 2005 23:05:06 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Sep 2005 23:05:06 -0000 Received: (qmail 50373 invoked from network); 2 Sep 2005 23:05:05 -0000 Received: from ns9.hostinglmi.net (213.194.149.146) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 2 Sep 2005 23:04:53 -0000 Received: from 212.red-80-35-44.pooles.rima-tde.net ([80.35.44.212]:32771 helo=localhost) by ns9.hostinglmi.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1EBKag-0004iL-0S for zsh-users@sunsite.dk; Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:04:58 +0200 Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 01:09:03 +0200 From: DervishD To: Zsh Users Subject: [SOLVED] Mixing long and short options with getopts Message-ID: <20050902230903.GA289@DervishD> Mail-Followup-To: Zsh Users Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: DervishD X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ns9.hostinglmi.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - sunsite.dk X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - dervishd.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.4 Hi all :) Finally I solved my problem with zparseopts not being silent (and other minor problems) using getopts like this: while getopts "v-" option $* do case $option in v) do_things_with_v ;; -) longoption="$1" process_long_options_here ;; :) missing_argument_to_a_short_option ;; ?) unknown short option ;; esac done I have another problem, but that will go in another message :) Thanks for the inspiration, Bart ;) 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...