Arg_parser

Arg_parser is an argument parser that follows POSIX and GNU conventions for command line arguments. It is implemented as a C++ class, and is simpler, easier to use, and safer that `getopt_long'.

For maximum stability, Arg_parser is self-contained. It extracts all the information it needs from its arguments to avoid refering to them later. This avoids index-out-of-bounds errors.

Arg_parser does not modify its arguments, nor uses any global variables. So you may create more than one parser in your program if you need or want to.

Arg_parser can also parse options from configuration files.

To use Arg_parser in your own programs simply copy the files `arg_parser.h' and `arg_parser.cc' in your sorce tree. See also the file `main.cc' for an example of use.

Downloading

Released versions of Arg_parser can be found here. You may also subscribe to Freshmeat and receive an email every time a new version is released.

How to Get Help

For general discussion of bugs in Arg_parser the mailing list [email protected] is the most appropriate forum. Please send messages as plain text. Please do not send messages encoded as HTML nor encoded as base64 MIME nor included as multiple formats. Please include a descriptive subject line. If all of the subject are "bug in Arg_parser" it is impossible to differentiate them.

An archive of the bug report mailing list is available at http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-ocrad.

How to Help

To contact the author, either to report a bug or to contribute fixes or improvements, send mail to [email protected]. Please send messages as plain text. If posting patches they should be in unified diff format against the latest version. They should include a text description and the unified diff inline in the message and not attached to it.

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Copyright (C) 2006 Antonio Diaz Diaz

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Updated: $Date: 2006/06/09 10:42:25 $ $Author: antonio $