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- ;# $RCSfile: getopt.pl,v $$Revision: 4.1 $$Date: 92/08/07 18:23:58 $
- #
- # This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
- # compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
- #
- # In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
- # programming techniques.
- #
- # Suggested alternatives: Getopt::Long or Getopt::Std
- #
- ;# Process single-character switches with switch clustering. Pass one argument
- ;# which is a string containing all switches that take an argument. For each
- ;# switch found, sets $opt_x (where x is the switch name) to the value of the
- ;# argument, or 1 if no argument. Switches which take an argument don't care
- ;# whether there is a space between the switch and the argument.
-
- ;# Usage:
- ;# do Getopt('oDI'); # -o, -D & -I take arg. Sets opt_* as a side effect.
-
- sub Getopt {
- local($argumentative) = @_;
- local($_,$first,$rest);
- local($[) = 0;
-
- while (@ARGV && ($_ = $ARGV[0]) =~ /^-(.)(.*)/) {
- ($first,$rest) = ($1,$2);
- if (index($argumentative,$first) >= $[) {
- if ($rest ne '') {
- shift(@ARGV);
- }
- else {
- shift(@ARGV);
- $rest = shift(@ARGV);
- }
- ${"opt_$first"} = $rest;
- }
- else {
- ${"opt_$first"} = 1;
- if ($rest ne '') {
- $ARGV[0] = "-$rest";
- }
- else {
- shift(@ARGV);
- }
- }
- }
- }
-
- 1;
-