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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: getopt
Message-ID: <10118@star.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 30 May 91 09:45:55 GMT
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Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
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I am trying to figure out what to do with optind, getopt etc.

As far as I can determine, the correct behavior is for all programs to
explicitly include:

 int optind;

and so on explicitly, but the prototype of getopt goes in unistd.h. 

Is there anyone who can confirm or deny this?  Confirmations or denials
should be based on the Truth, not what you think makes sense, as the two
are not always compatible.  In any event, the Truth shall not conflict
with the example in P1003.2 Annex B.7.

I don't particular like this, because unistd.h is huge and makes the new
compiler barf, but if it must be so, it must be so.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)