Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!mcdphx!jazz!lynn From: lynn@phx.mcd.mot.com (Lynn D Newton) Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx Subject: need a REXX-flavored version of getopt() Message-ID: Date: 27 Aug 90 13:05:56 GMT Sender: listen@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com Distribution: comp Organization: Motorola MCD Lines: 26 Has anyone out there in REXX-land written a function that more or less duplicates the functionality of the UNIX getopt() library call, which parses command line values in the same way (from a black box point-of-view) as is customarily done in UNIX? If so, I would be deeply indebted. The ARexx manual by Bill Hawes is the only reference I have, which has a great deal of abstract information on parsing, along with very little in the way of practical demonstration. So I know all the power is built in to do it. I just thought if someone else had written such a thing they would be willing to share I could save myself a lot of hassle trying to program it myself. Actually, I'm surprised that such a thing is not already written as a builtin function. Email is fine, although for the last four days the software on my system has been broken, so I can mail out, but am not receiving mail. Hope to have that fixed later today, so if your reply bounces, try again. Much thanks. -- ================================================================= Lynn D. Newton | System Test Motorola MCD, Tempe, AZ | (Department of Heuristic Neology) (602) 438-3739 | "The bug stops here!" lynn@jazz.phx.mcd.mot.com |