argtable

Version: 1.1
Entered-date: 1999-01-20
Description: Argtable is a freely available programmer's library for parsing the command line arguments of any C or C++ program. Having only seven functions and a simple set of rules, argtable is capable of handling most aspects of command line parsing and error reporting with a minimum of fuss. It supports both tagged and untagged arguments, and tags can be styled in any fashion desired including the popular
title: styles such as "title:myname", "-title myname", and "title=myname". You can even make up your own custom tag styles. It also supports optional arguments with default values that can be used in their place. Lastly, it can automatically generate not only error messages, but plain text descriptions of usage syntax as well as glossary descriptions of individual arguments. These make it very easy to implement useful and exacting error responses and help text for your program's users. Best of all, argtable is quick and easy to learn.
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel//pub/Linux/devel/argtable-1.1.tar.gz (95kB)
Keywords: command line argument parameter argv argc parse
Author: Stewart.Heitmann@tip.csiro.au (Stewart Heitmann)
Maintained-by: Stewart.Heitmann@tip.csiro.au (Stewart Heitmann)
Platforms: Argtable has been successfully compiled on IRIX, IRIX64, SunOS, DEC, and Linux systems. Although any system with a standard ansi C compiler should be ok.
Copying-policy: LGPL

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