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+/* Utility to accept --help and --version options as unobtrusively as possible.
+
+ Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
+ 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
+
+/* Written by Jim Meyering. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+/* Specification. */
+#include "long-options.h"
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+
+#include "version-etc.h"
+
+static struct option const long_options[] =
+{
+ {"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
+ {"version", no_argument, NULL, 'v'},
+ {NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
+};
+
+/* Process long options --help and --version, but only if argc == 2.
+ Be careful not to gobble up `--'. */
+
+void
+parse_long_options (int argc,
+ char **argv,
+ const char *command_name,
+ const char *package,
+ const char *version,
+ void (*usage_func) (int),
+ /* const char *author1, ...*/ ...)
+{
+ int c;
+ int saved_opterr;
+
+ saved_opterr = opterr;
+
+ /* Don't print an error message for unrecognized options. */
+ opterr = 0;
+
+ if (argc == 2
+ && (c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "+", long_options, NULL)) != -1)
+ {
+ switch (c)
+ {
+ case 'h':
+ (*usage_func) (EXIT_SUCCESS);
+
+ case 'v':
+ {
+ va_list authors;
+ va_start (authors, usage_func);
+ version_etc_va (stdout, command_name, package, version, authors);
+ exit (0);
+ }
+
+ default:
+ /* Don't process any other long-named options. */
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /* Restore previous value. */
+ opterr = saved_opterr;
+
+ /* Reset this to zero so that getopt internals get initialized from
+ the probably-new parameters when/if getopt is called later. */
+ optind = 0;
+}