From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: getopt() and ANSI?
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 07:44:39 -0800
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Peter Palotas wrote:

> Is getopt ANSI C?  If not, how would I go about to make my program
> which
> uses getopt to be ANSI compliant? Would it be a good idea, simply to
> include the GNU getopt.c and getopt.h files?

getopt is not an ANSI C call.  However, if the code inside getopt
conforms to ANSI C, then it is ANSI compliant to call it provided you've
linked it in.

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