7.1.315. @global_parseΒΆ

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A script to parse for global help options The first parameter is the ALWAYS the program name whose help output you seek. All other options follow. It is meant to be called by other scripts. It returns 0 when it has nothing to do.

1 when it does something and wants calling

program to quit

To use this in any script follow these steps 1- Add this line before any parsing, right after the 1st line

@global_parse basename $0 “$*” ; if ($status) exit 0
2- Add this line right where you fail to recognize an option
apsearch -popt basename $0 -word $argv[$cnt]
3- Add this line somewhere in the help section
@global_parse -gopts_help
4- Eliminate going to help immediately when too few options
are set. One option, such as -all_opts is always good

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