Unix Programming - Re: Shouldn't getopt_long() return ':' for options requiring an

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Re: Shouldn't getopt_long() return ':' for options requiring an

Måns Rullgård

2005-04-24, 5:48 pm

"Eric Lilja" <mindcooler_thisshouldberemoved@gmail.com> writes:

> "Måns Rullgård" <mru@inprovide.com> wrote:
>
> Hmm, I must be daft or something, but does that mean that getopt_long() only
> returns ':' if the user had supplied --:option_with_argument on the command
> line?

It means the string passed to getopt() (short_options in your example)
should start with a colon.

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