1 /* Hierarchial argument parsing, layered over getopt.
2 Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
4 Written by Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
6 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
7 modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
8 published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
9 License, or (at your option) any later version.
11 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14 Library General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
17 License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
18 write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
19 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
28 #define __need_error_t
35 #ifndef __error_t_defined
37 #define __error_t_defined
41 # if (defined (__STDC__) && __STDC__) || defined (__cplusplus)
42 # define __P(args) args
52 /* A description of a particular option. A pointer to an array of
53 these is passed in the OPTIONS field of an argp structure. Each option
54 entry can correspond to one long option and/or one short option; more
55 names for the same option can be added by following an entry in an option
56 array with options having the OPTION_ALIAS flag set. */
59 /* The long option name. For more than one name for the same option, you
60 can use following options with the OPTION_ALIAS flag set. */
63 /* What key is returned for this option. If > 0 and printable, then it's
64 also accepted as a short option. */
67 /* If non-NULL, this is the name of the argument associated with this
68 option, which is required unless the OPTION_ARG_OPTIONAL flag is set. */
74 /* The doc string for this option. If both NAME and KEY are 0, This string
75 will be printed outdented from the normal option column, making it
76 useful as a group header (it will be the first thing printed in its
77 group); in this usage, it's conventional to end the string with a `:'. */
80 /* The group this option is in. In a long help message, options are sorted
81 alphabetically within each group, and the groups presented in the order
82 0, 1, 2, ..., n, -m, ..., -2, -1. Every entry in an options array with
83 if this field 0 will inherit the group number of the previous entry, or
84 zero if it's the first one, unless its a group header (NAME and KEY both
85 0), in which case, the previous entry + 1 is the default. Automagic
86 options such as --help are put into group -1. */
90 /* The argument associated with this option is optional. */
91 #define OPTION_ARG_OPTIONAL 0x1
93 /* This option isn't displayed in any help messages. */
94 #define OPTION_HIDDEN 0x2
96 /* This option is an alias for the closest previous non-alias option. This
97 means that it will be displayed in the same help entry, and will inherit
98 fields other than NAME and KEY from the aliased option. */
99 #define OPTION_ALIAS 0x4
101 /* This option isn't actually an option (and so should be ignored by the
102 actual option parser), but rather an arbitrary piece of documentation that
103 should be displayed in much the same manner as the options. If this flag
104 is set, then the option NAME field is displayed unmodified (e.g., no `--'
105 prefix is added) at the left-margin (where a *short* option would normally
106 be displayed), and the documentation string in the normal place. For
107 purposes of sorting, any leading whitespace and puncuation is ignored,
108 except that if the first non-whitespace character is not `-', this entry
109 is displayed after all options (and OPTION_DOC entries with a leading `-')
110 in the same group. */
111 #define OPTION_DOC 0x8
113 /* This option shouldn't be included in `long' usage messages (but is still
114 included in help messages). This is mainly intended for options that are
115 completely documented in an argp's ARGS_DOC field, in which case including
116 the option in the generic usage list would be redundant. For instance,
117 if ARGS_DOC is "FOO BAR\n-x BLAH", and the `-x' option's purpose is to
118 distinguish these two cases, -x should probably be marked
120 #define OPTION_NO_USAGE 0x10
122 struct argp; /* fwd declare this type */
123 struct argp_state; /* " */
124 struct argp_child; /* " */
126 /* The type of a pointer to an argp parsing function. */
127 typedef error_t (*argp_parser_t)(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state);
129 /* What to return for unrecognized keys. For special ARGP_KEY_ keys, such
130 returns will simply be ignored. For user keys, this error will be turned
131 into EINVAL (if the call to argp_parse is such that errors are propagated
132 back to the user instead of exiting); returning EINVAL itself would result
133 in an immediate stop to parsing in *all* cases. */
134 #define ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN E2BIG /* Hurd should never need E2BIG. XXX */
136 /* Special values for the KEY argument to an argument parsing function.
137 ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN should be returned if they aren't understood.
139 The sequence of keys to a parsing function is either (where each
140 uppercased word should be prefixed by `ARGP_KEY_' and opt is a user key):
142 INIT opt... NO_ARGS END SUCCESS -- No non-option arguments at all
143 or INIT (opt | ARG)... END SUCCESS -- All non-option args parsed
144 or INIT (opt | ARG)... SUCCESS -- Some non-option arg unrecognized
146 The third case is where every parser returned ARGP_KEY_UNKNOWN for an
147 argument, in which case parsing stops at that argument (returning the
148 unparsed arguments to the caller of argp_parse if requested, or stopping
149 with an error message if not).
151 If an error occurs (either detected by argp, or because the parsing
152 function returned an error value), then the parser is called with
153 ARGP_KEY_ERROR, and no further calls are made. */
155 /* This is not an option at all, but rather a command line argument. If a
156 parser receiving this key returns success, the fact is recorded, and the
157 ARGP_KEY_NO_ARGS case won't be used. HOWEVER, if while processing the
158 argument, a parser function decrements the NEXT field of the state it's
159 passed, the option won't be considered processed; this is to allow you to
160 actually modify the argument (perhaps into an option), and have it
162 #define ARGP_KEY_ARG 0
163 /* There are remaining arguments not parsed by any parser, which may be found
164 starting at (STATE->argv + STATE->next). If success is returned, but
165 STATE->next left untouched, it's assumed that all arguments were consume,
166 otherwise, the parser should adjust STATE->next to reflect any arguments
168 #define ARGP_KEY_ARGS 0x1000006
169 /* There are no more command line arguments at all. */
170 #define ARGP_KEY_END 0x1000001
171 /* Because it's common to want to do some special processing if there aren't
172 any non-option args, user parsers are called with this key if they didn't
173 successfully process any non-option arguments. Called just before
174 ARGP_KEY_END (where more general validity checks on previously parsed
175 arguments can take place). */
176 #define ARGP_KEY_NO_ARGS 0x1000002
177 /* Passed in before any parsing is done. Afterwards, the values of each
178 element of the CHILD_INPUT field, if any, in the state structure is
179 copied to each child's state to be the initial value of the INPUT field. */
180 #define ARGP_KEY_INIT 0x1000003
181 /* Use after all other keys, including SUCCESS & END. */
182 #define ARGP_KEY_FINI 0x1000007
183 /* Passed in when parsing has successfully been completed (even if there are
184 still arguments remaining). */
185 #define ARGP_KEY_SUCCESS 0x1000004
186 /* Passed in if an error occurs. */
187 #define ARGP_KEY_ERROR 0x1000005
189 /* An argp structure contains a set of options declarations, a function to
190 deal with parsing one, documentation string, a possible vector of child
191 argp's, and perhaps a function to filter help output. When actually
192 parsing options, getopt is called with the union of all the argp
193 structures chained together through their CHILD pointers, with conflicts
194 being resolved in favor of the first occurance in the chain. */
197 /* An array of argp_option structures, terminated by an entry with both
198 NAME and KEY having a value of 0. */
199 __const struct argp_option *options;
201 /* What to do with an option from this structure. KEY is the key
202 associated with the option, and ARG is any associated argument (NULL if
203 none was supplied). If KEY isn't understood, ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN should be
204 returned. If a non-zero, non-ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN value is returned, then
205 parsing is stopped immediately, and that value is returned from
206 argp_parse(). For special (non-user-supplied) values of KEY, see the
207 ARGP_KEY_ definitions below. */
208 argp_parser_t parser;
210 /* A string describing what other arguments are wanted by this program. It
211 is only used by argp_usage to print the `Usage:' message. If it
212 contains newlines, the strings separated by them are considered
213 alternative usage patterns, and printed on separate lines (lines after
214 the first are prefix by ` or: ' instead of `Usage:'). */
215 __const char *args_doc;
217 /* If non-NULL, a string containing extra text to be printed before and
218 after the options in a long help message (separated by a vertical tab
222 /* A vector of argp_children structures, terminated by a member with a 0
223 argp field, pointing to child argps should be parsed with this one. Any
224 conflicts are resolved in favor of this argp, or early argps in the
225 CHILDREN list. This field is useful if you use libraries that supply
226 their own argp structure, which you want to use in conjunction with your
228 __const struct argp_child *children;
230 /* If non-zero, this should be a function to filter the output of help
231 messages. KEY is either a key from an option, in which case TEXT is
232 that option's help text, or a special key from the ARGP_KEY_HELP_
233 defines, below, describing which other help text TEXT is. The function
234 should return either TEXT, if it should be used as-is, a replacement
235 string, which should be malloced, and will be freed by argp, or NULL,
236 meaning `print nothing'. The value for TEXT is *after* any translation
237 has been done, so if any of the replacement text also needs translation,
238 that should be done by the filter function. INPUT is either the input
239 supplied to argp_parse, or NULL, if argp_help was called directly. */
240 char *(*help_filter)(int __key, __const char *__text, void *__input);
243 /* Possible KEY arguments to a help filter function. */
244 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_PRE_DOC 0x2000001 /* Help text preceeding options. */
245 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_POST_DOC 0x2000002 /* Help text following options. */
246 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_HEADER 0x2000003 /* Option header string. */
247 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_EXTRA 0x2000004 /* After all other documentation;
248 TEXT is NULL for this key. */
249 /* Explanatory note emitted when duplicate option arguments have been
251 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_DUP_ARGS_NOTE 0x2000005
252 #define ARGP_KEY_HELP_ARGS_DOC 0x2000006 /* Argument doc string. */
254 /* When an argp has a non-zero CHILDREN field, it should point to a vector of
255 argp_child structures, each of which describes a subsidiary argp. */
258 /* The child parser. */
259 __const struct argp *argp;
261 /* Flags for this child. */
264 /* If non-zero, an optional header to be printed in help output before the
265 child options. As a side-effect, a non-zero value forces the child
266 options to be grouped together; to achieve this effect without actually
267 printing a header string, use a value of "". */
268 __const char *header;
270 /* Where to group the child options relative to the other (`consolidated')
271 options in the parent argp; the values are the same as the GROUP field
272 in argp_option structs, but all child-groupings follow parent options at
273 a particular group level. If both this field and HEADER are zero, then
274 they aren't grouped at all, but rather merged with the parent options
275 (merging the child's grouping levels with the parents). */
279 /* Parsing state. This is provided to parsing functions called by argp,
280 which may examine and, as noted, modify fields. */
283 /* The top level ARGP being parsed. */
284 __const struct argp *root_argp;
286 /* The argument vector being parsed. May be modified. */
290 /* The index in ARGV of the next arg that to be parsed. May be modified. */
293 /* The flags supplied to argp_parse. May be modified. */
296 /* While calling a parsing function with a key of ARGP_KEY_ARG, this is the
297 number of the current arg, starting at zero, and incremented after each
298 such call returns. At all other times, this is the number of such
299 arguments that have been processed. */
302 /* If non-zero, the index in ARGV of the first argument following a special
303 `--' argument (which prevents anything following being interpreted as an
304 option). Only set once argument parsing has proceeded past this point. */
307 /* An arbitrary pointer passed in from the user. */
309 /* Values to pass to child parsers. This vector will be the same length as
310 the number of children for the current parser. */
313 /* For the parser's use. Initialized to 0. */
316 /* The name used when printing messages. This is initialized to ARGV[0],
317 or PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME if that is unavailable. */
320 /* Streams used when argp prints something. */
321 FILE *err_stream; /* For errors; initialized to stderr. */
322 FILE *out_stream; /* For information; initialized to stdout. */
324 void *pstate; /* Private, for use by argp. */
327 /* Flags for argp_parse (note that the defaults are those that are
328 convenient for program command line parsing): */
330 /* Don't ignore the first element of ARGV. Normally (and always unless
331 ARGP_NO_ERRS is set) the first element of the argument vector is
332 skipped for option parsing purposes, as it corresponds to the program name
333 in a command line. */
334 #define ARGP_PARSE_ARGV0 0x01
336 /* Don't print error messages for unknown options to stderr; unless this flag
337 is set, ARGP_PARSE_ARGV0 is ignored, as ARGV[0] is used as the program
338 name in the error messages. This flag implies ARGP_NO_EXIT (on the
339 assumption that silent exiting upon errors is bad behaviour). */
340 #define ARGP_NO_ERRS 0x02
342 /* Don't parse any non-option args. Normally non-option args are parsed by
343 calling the parse functions with a key of ARGP_KEY_ARG, and the actual arg
344 as the value. Since it's impossible to know which parse function wants to
345 handle it, each one is called in turn, until one returns 0 or an error
346 other than ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN; if an argument is handled by no one, the
347 argp_parse returns prematurely (but with a return value of 0). If all
348 args have been parsed without error, all parsing functions are called one
349 last time with a key of ARGP_KEY_END. This flag needn't normally be set,
350 as the normal behavior is to stop parsing as soon as some argument can't
352 #define ARGP_NO_ARGS 0x04
354 /* Parse options and arguments in the same order they occur on the command
355 line -- normally they're rearranged so that all options come first. */
356 #define ARGP_IN_ORDER 0x08
358 /* Don't provide the standard long option --help, which causes usage and
359 option help information to be output to stdout, and exit (0) called. */
360 #define ARGP_NO_HELP 0x10
362 /* Don't exit on errors (they may still result in error messages). */
363 #define ARGP_NO_EXIT 0x20
365 /* Use the gnu getopt `long-only' rules for parsing arguments. */
366 #define ARGP_LONG_ONLY 0x40
368 /* Turns off any message-printing/exiting options. */
369 #define ARGP_SILENT (ARGP_NO_EXIT | ARGP_NO_ERRS | ARGP_NO_HELP)
371 /* Parse the options strings in ARGC & ARGV according to the options in ARGP.
372 FLAGS is one of the ARGP_ flags above. If ARG_INDEX is non-NULL, the
373 index in ARGV of the first unparsed option is returned in it. If an
374 unknown option is present, ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN is returned; if some parser
375 routine returned a non-zero value, it is returned; otherwise 0 is
376 returned. This function may also call exit unless the ARGP_NO_HELP flag
377 is set. INPUT is a pointer to a value to be passed in to the parser. */
378 extern error_t argp_parse __P ((__const struct argp *__argp,
379 int __argc, char **__argv, unsigned __flags,
380 int *__arg_index, void *__input));
381 extern error_t __argp_parse __P ((__const struct argp *__argp,
382 int __argc, char **__argv, unsigned __flags,
383 int *__arg_index, void *__input));
385 /* Global variables. */
387 /* If defined or set by the user program to a non-zero value, then a default
388 option --version is added (unless the ARGP_NO_HELP flag is used), which
389 will print this string followed by a newline and exit (unless the
390 ARGP_NO_EXIT flag is used). Overridden by ARGP_PROGRAM_VERSION_HOOK. */
391 extern __const char *argp_program_version;
393 /* If defined or set by the user program to a non-zero value, then a default
394 option --version is added (unless the ARGP_NO_HELP flag is used), which
395 calls this function with a stream to print the version to and a pointer to
396 the current parsing state, and then exits (unless the ARGP_NO_EXIT flag is
397 used). This variable takes precedent over ARGP_PROGRAM_VERSION. */
398 extern void (*argp_program_version_hook) __P ((FILE *__stream,
399 struct argp_state *__state));
401 /* If defined or set by the user program, it should point to string that is
402 the bug-reporting address for the program. It will be printed by
403 argp_help if the ARGP_HELP_BUG_ADDR flag is set (as it is by various
404 standard help messages), embedded in a sentence that says something like
405 `Report bugs to ADDR.'. */
406 extern __const char *argp_program_bug_address;
408 /* The exit status that argp will use when exiting due to a parsing error.
409 If not defined or set by the user program, this defaults to EX_USAGE from
411 extern error_t argp_err_exit_status;
413 /* Flags for argp_help. */
414 #define ARGP_HELP_USAGE 0x01 /* a Usage: message. */
415 #define ARGP_HELP_SHORT_USAGE 0x02 /* " but don't actually print options. */
416 #define ARGP_HELP_SEE 0x04 /* a `Try ... for more help' message. */
417 #define ARGP_HELP_LONG 0x08 /* a long help message. */
418 #define ARGP_HELP_PRE_DOC 0x10 /* doc string preceding long help. */
419 #define ARGP_HELP_POST_DOC 0x20 /* doc string following long help. */
420 #define ARGP_HELP_DOC (ARGP_HELP_PRE_DOC | ARGP_HELP_POST_DOC)
421 #define ARGP_HELP_BUG_ADDR 0x40 /* bug report address */
422 #define ARGP_HELP_LONG_ONLY 0x80 /* modify output appropriately to
423 reflect ARGP_LONG_ONLY mode. */
425 /* These ARGP_HELP flags are only understood by argp_state_help. */
426 #define ARGP_HELP_EXIT_ERR 0x100 /* Call exit(1) instead of returning. */
427 #define ARGP_HELP_EXIT_OK 0x200 /* Call exit(0) instead of returning. */
429 /* The standard thing to do after a program command line parsing error, if an
430 error message has already been printed. */
431 #define ARGP_HELP_STD_ERR \
432 (ARGP_HELP_SEE | ARGP_HELP_EXIT_ERR)
433 /* The standard thing to do after a program command line parsing error, if no
434 more specific error message has been printed. */
435 #define ARGP_HELP_STD_USAGE \
436 (ARGP_HELP_SHORT_USAGE | ARGP_HELP_SEE | ARGP_HELP_EXIT_ERR)
437 /* The standard thing to do in response to a --help option. */
438 #define ARGP_HELP_STD_HELP \
439 (ARGP_HELP_SHORT_USAGE | ARGP_HELP_LONG | ARGP_HELP_EXIT_OK \
440 | ARGP_HELP_DOC | ARGP_HELP_BUG_ADDR)
442 /* Output a usage message for ARGP to STREAM. FLAGS are from the set
444 extern void argp_help __P ((__const struct argp *__argp, FILE *__stream,
445 unsigned __flags, char *__name));
446 extern void __argp_help __P ((__const struct argp *__argp, FILE *__stream,
447 unsigned __flags, char *__name));
449 /* The following routines are intended to be called from within an argp
450 parsing routine (thus taking an argp_state structure as the first
451 argument). They may or may not print an error message and exit, depending
452 on the flags in STATE -- in any case, the caller should be prepared for
453 them *not* to exit, and should return an appropiate error after calling
454 them. [argp_usage & argp_error should probably be called argp_state_...,
455 but they're used often enough that they should be short] */
457 /* Output, if appropriate, a usage message for STATE to STREAM. FLAGS are
458 from the set ARGP_HELP_*. */
459 extern void argp_state_help __P ((__const struct argp_state *__state,
460 FILE *__stream, unsigned __flags));
461 extern void __argp_state_help __P ((__const struct argp_state *__state,
462 FILE *__stream, unsigned __flags));
464 /* Possibly output the standard usage message for ARGP to stderr and exit. */
465 extern void argp_usage __P ((__const struct argp_state *__state));
466 extern void __argp_usage __P ((__const struct argp_state *__state));
468 /* If appropriate, print the printf string FMT and following args, preceded
469 by the program name and `:', to stderr, and followed by a `Try ... --help'
470 message, then exit (1). */
471 extern void argp_error __P ((__const struct argp_state *__state,
472 __const char *__fmt, ...))
473 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__, 2, 3)));
474 extern void __argp_error __P ((__const struct argp_state *__state,
475 __const char *__fmt, ...))
476 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__, 2, 3)));
478 /* Similar to the standard gnu error-reporting function error(), but will
479 respect the ARGP_NO_EXIT and ARGP_NO_ERRS flags in STATE, and will print
480 to STATE->err_stream. This is useful for argument parsing code that is
481 shared between program startup (when exiting is desired) and runtime
482 option parsing (when typically an error code is returned instead). The
483 difference between this function and argp_error is that the latter is for
484 *parsing errors*, and the former is for other problems that occur during
485 parsing but don't reflect a (syntactic) problem with the input. */
486 extern void argp_failure __P ((__const struct argp_state *__state,
487 int __status, int __errnum,
488 __const char *__fmt, ...))
489 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__, 4, 5)));
490 extern void __argp_failure __P ((__const struct argp_state *__state,
491 int __status, int __errnum,
492 __const char *__fmt, ...))
493 __attribute__ ((__format__ (__printf__, 4, 5)));
495 /* Returns true if the option OPT is a valid short option. */
496 extern int _option_is_short __P ((__const struct argp_option *__opt));
497 extern int __option_is_short __P ((__const struct argp_option *__opt));
499 /* Returns true if the option OPT is in fact the last (unused) entry in an
501 extern int _option_is_end __P ((__const struct argp_option *__opt));
502 extern int __option_is_end __P ((__const struct argp_option *__opt));
504 /* Return the input field for ARGP in the parser corresponding to STATE; used
505 by the help routines. */
506 extern void *_argp_input __P ((__const struct argp *argp,
507 __const struct argp_state *state));
508 extern void *__argp_input __P ((__const struct argp *argp,
509 __const struct argp_state *state));
514 # define __argp_usage argp_usage
515 # define __argp_state_help argp_state_help
516 # define __option_is_short _option_is_short
517 # define __option_is_end _option_is_end
521 # define ARGP_EI extern inline
525 __argp_usage (__const struct argp_state *__state)
527 __argp_state_help (__state, stderr, ARGP_HELP_STD_USAGE);
531 __option_is_short (__const struct argp_option *__opt)
533 if (__opt->flags & OPTION_DOC)
537 int __key = __opt->key;
538 return __key > 0 && isprint (__key);
543 __option_is_end (__const struct argp_option *__opt)
545 return !__opt->key && !__opt->name && !__opt->doc && !__opt->group;
550 # undef __argp_state_help
551 # undef __option_is_short
552 # undef __option_is_end
555 #endif /* __OPTIMIZE__ */
561 #endif /* __ARGP_H__ */