Re: Fhpd Commands option parsing

[Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>]

Nurdin Premji wrote:
> I am creating a small option parser based on the getopt option parser 
> for fhpd commands, (okay so the only thing being carried over is the 
> Options class). I want to avoid having to do too many fancy things to 
> add extra options, I like the ability to say parser.addOption and have 
> it know what to do. I'd also like a standard help option for each 
> command that doesn't exit the fhpd when run.
>
> I'm making a few assumptions about the possible options for the fhpd 
> internal commands:
> 1. All options are at the end.
> I.e. command [parameters ...] [options ...]
> 2. No option has arguments.
>
> Are these safe assumptions? Are there more I can count on?
>
Well you can delete #2 :-(

    print -x -format x

from memory (print "x" negated as hex?).  An equivalent to "--" to halt 
option parsing might help.

Andrew