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Date:	Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:47:58 +0000 (GMT)
From:	Alexander Joerg Herrmann <alexander_herrmann AT yahoo DOT com DOT au>
Subject:	Re: getopt required_argument (Was Re: regtool - 1.8 - Core dump)
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> Well, it's just a matter of adding a check for
> optarg being NULL and
> printing an appropriate message (e.g.,
>           if (optarg == NULL) {
>             fprintf(stderr, "Missing key-value
> separator\n");
>             usage();
>           }
> ).
Yup looks easy but I may better patch the DLL to use
some kind of fstab file which would it make complete
portable as now I'am sitting in front of a computer
which let's me run bash but not cmd - ahhhh. 

> However, the question is what should getopt's
> behavior be if something
> specified as a "required_argument" is missing? 
It sould do the same thing as the long parameter
arguments imo.
Alex

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