c command line arguments parser
#include <argp.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
const char *argp_program_version = "programname programversion";
const char *argp_program_bug_address = "<[email protected]>";
static char doc[] = "Your program description.";
static char args_doc[] = "[FILENAME]...";
static struct argp_option options[] = {
{ "line", 'l', 0, 0, "Compare lines instead of characters."},
{ "word", 'w', 0, 0, "Compare words instead of characters."},
{ "nocase", 'i', 0, 0, "Compare case insensitive instead of case sensitive."},
{ 0 }
};
struct arguments {
enum { CHARACTER_MODE, WORD_MODE, LINE_MODE } mode;
bool isCaseInsensitive;
};
static error_t parse_opt(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state) {
struct arguments *arguments = state->input;
switch (key) {
case 'l': arguments->mode = LINE_MODE; break;
case 'w': arguments->mode = WORD_MODE; break;
case 'i': arguments->isCaseInsensitive = true; break;
case ARGP_KEY_ARG: return 0;
default: return ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN;
}
return 0;
}
static struct argp argp = { options, parse_opt, args_doc, doc, 0, 0, 0 };
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
struct arguments arguments;
arguments.mode = CHARACTER_MODE;
arguments.isCaseInsensitive = false;
argp_parse(&argp, argc, argv, 0, 0, &arguments);
// ...
}