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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 2458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 2558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 2658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 2758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 2858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 2958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 3058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 3158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" 3258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" @(#)getsubopt.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 337f3dea24SPeter Wemm.\" $FreeBSD$ 3458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.\" 3558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dd June 9, 1993 3658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dt GETSUBOPT 3 3758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Os 3858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh NAME 3958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nm getsubopt 4058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Nd get sub options from an argument 4125bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Sh LIBRARY 4225bb73e0SAlexey Zelkin.Lb libc 4358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SYNOPSIS 446e062fe1SGuy Helmer.Fd #include <unistd.h> 4558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Vt extern char *suboptarg 4658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ft int 4758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn getsubopt "char **optionp" "char * const *tokens" "char **valuep" 4858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh DESCRIPTION 4958f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe 5058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn getsubopt 5158f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction 5258f0484fSRodney W. Grimesparses a string containing tokens delimited by one or more tab, space or 5358f0484fSRodney W. Grimescomma 5458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Pq Ql \&, 5558f0484fSRodney W. Grimescharacters. 5658f0484fSRodney W. GrimesIt is intended for use in parsing groups of option arguments provided 5758f0484fSRodney W. Grimesas part of a utility command line. 5858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Pp 5958f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe argument 6058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa optionp 6158f0484fSRodney W. Grimesis a pointer to a pointer to the string. 6258f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe argument 6358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa tokens 6458f0484fSRodney W. Grimesis a pointer to a 6558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dv NULL Ns -terminated 6658f0484fSRodney W. Grimesarray of pointers to strings. 6758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Pp 6858f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe 6958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn getsubopt 7058f0484fSRodney W. Grimesfunction 7158f0484fSRodney W. Grimesreturns the zero-based offset of the pointer in the 7258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa tokens 7358f0484fSRodney W. Grimesarray referencing a string which matches the first token 7458f0484fSRodney W. Grimesin the string, or, \-1 if the string contains no tokens or 7558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa tokens 7658f0484fSRodney W. Grimesdoes not contain a matching string. 7758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Pp 7858f0484fSRodney W. GrimesIf the token is of the form ``name=value'', the location referenced by 7958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa valuep 8058f0484fSRodney W. Grimeswill be set to point to the start of the ``value'' portion of the token. 8158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Pp 8258f0484fSRodney W. GrimesOn return from 8358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn getsubopt , 8458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa optionp 8558f0484fSRodney W. Grimeswill be set to point to the start of the next token in the string, 8658f0484fSRodney W. Grimesor the null at the end of the string if no more tokens are present. 8758f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe external variable 8858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa suboptarg 8958f0484fSRodney W. Grimeswill be set to point to the start of the current token, or 9058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dv NULL 9158f0484fSRodney W. Grimesif no 9258f0484fSRodney W. Grimestokens were present. 9358f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe argument 9458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fa valuep 9558f0484fSRodney W. Grimeswill be set to point to the ``value'' portion of the token, or 9658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Dv NULL 9758f0484fSRodney W. Grimesif no ``value'' portion was present. 9858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh EXAMPLE 9958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Bd -literal -compact 10058f0484fSRodney W. Grimeschar *tokens[] = { 10158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes #define ONE 0 10258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes "one", 10358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes #define TWO 1 10458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes "two", 10558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes NULL 10658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes}; 10758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes 10858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes\&... 10958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes 11058f0484fSRodney W. Grimesextern char *optarg, *suboptarg; 11158f0484fSRodney W. Grimeschar *options, *value; 11258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes 11358f0484fSRodney W. Grimeswhile ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "ab:")) != \-1) { 11458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes switch(ch) { 11558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes case 'a': 11658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes /* process ``a'' option */ 11758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes break; 11858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes case 'b': 11958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes options = optarg; 12058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes while (*options) { 12158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes switch(getsubopt(&options, tokens, &value)) { 12258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes case ONE: 12358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes /* process ``one'' sub option */ 12458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes break; 12558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes case TWO: 12658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes /* process ``two'' sub option */ 12758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes if (!value) 12858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes error("no value for two"); 12958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes i = atoi(value); 13058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes break; 13158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes case \-1: 13258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes if (suboptarg) 13358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes error("illegal sub option %s", 13458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes suboptarg); 13558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes else 13658f0484fSRodney W. Grimes error("missing sub option"); 13758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes break; 13858f0484fSRodney W. Grimes } 13958f0484fSRodney W. Grimes break; 14058f0484fSRodney W. Grimes } 14158f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Ed 14258f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh SEE ALSO 14358f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr getopt 3 , 14458f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Xr strsep 3 14558f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Sh HISTORY 14658f0484fSRodney W. GrimesThe 14758f0484fSRodney W. Grimes.Fn getsubopt 1487bdf80e5SMike Pritchardfunction first appeared in 1497bdf80e5SMike Pritchard.Bx 4.4 . 150