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Document how to make getopt_long(3) process arguments in order and stop

at the first non-option argument.
I had to read source code to figure it out.
OPENBSD_6_7
stsp 4 years ago
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.\" $OpenBSD: getopt_long.3,v 1.21 2016/01/04 19:43:13 tb Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: getopt_long.3,v 1.22 2020/01/13 18:05:10 stsp Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: getopt_long.3,v 1.11 2002/10/02 10:54:19 wiz Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: getopt_long.3,v 1.11 2002/10/02 10:54:19 wiz Exp $
.\" .\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993 .\" Copyright (c) 1988, 1991, 1993
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.\" .\"
.\" @(#)getopt.3 8.5 (Berkeley) 4/27/95 .\" @(#)getopt.3 8.5 (Berkeley) 4/27/95
.\" .\"
.Dd $Mdocdate: January 4 2016 $
.Dd $Mdocdate: January 13 2020 $
.Dt GETOPT_LONG 3 .Dt GETOPT_LONG 3
.Os .Os
.Sh NAME .Sh NAME
@ -98,6 +98,22 @@ Abbreviated long option names are accepted when
processes long options if the abbreviation is unique. processes long options if the abbreviation is unique.
An exact match is always preferred for a defined long option. An exact match is always preferred for a defined long option.
.Pp .Pp
By default,
.Fn getopt_long
permutes
.Ar argv
such that all option arguments are evaluated before any non-options arguments.
If the first character of
.Fa optstring
is a plus sign
.Pq Ql +
or if the environment variable
.Ev POSIXLY_CORRECT
is set, then
.Ar argv
is processed in order and option processing stops as soon as the first
non-option argument is encountered.
.Pp
The The
.Fn getopt_long .Fn getopt_long
call requires an array to be initialized describing the long call requires an array to be initialized describing the long


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