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From: system@asuvax.asu.edu (Marc Lesure)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: getopt question
Keywords: getopt
Message-ID: <948@asuvax.asu.edu>
Date: 13 Oct 89 19:55:15 GMT
Organization: Arizona State Univ, Tempe
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The man page of 'getopt' shows that a ':' is used to indicate that the
option has an argument following it.  My question is, does a version
of 'getopt' exist that allows an option to have an optional argument that
may or may not follow it.

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