Tk Library Procedures Tk_ParseArgv(3TK)
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NAME
Tk_ParseArgv - process command-line options
SYNOPSIS
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intTk_ParseArgv(interp, tkwin, argcPtr, argv, argTable, flags)
ARGUMENTSTcl_Interp *interp (in) Interpreter to use for
returning error mes-
sages.Tk_Window tkwin (in) Window to use when argu-
ments specify Tk options. If NULL, then no Tk options will be processed. int argcPtr (in/out) Pointer to number of arguments in argv; gets modified to hold number of unprocessed arguments that remain after the call. CONST char **argv (in/out) Command line arguments passed to main program.Modified to hold unpro-
cessed arguments that remain after the call.Tk_ArgvInfo *argTable (in) Array of argument
descriptors, terminated by element with typeTK_ARGV_END.
int flags (in) If non-zero, then it
specifies one or more flags that control the parsing of arguments. Different flags may be OR'ed together. The flags currently defined areTK_ARGV_DONT_SKIP_FIRST_ARG,
TK_ARGV_NO_ABBREV,
TK_ARGV_NO_LEFTOVERS,
and TK_ARGV_NO_DEFAULTS.
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DESCRIPTION
Tk_ParseArgv processes an array of command-line arguments
according to a table describing the kinds of arguments that are expected. Each of the arguments in argv is processed in turn: if it matches one of the entries in argTable, the argument is processed according to that entry and discarded. The arguments that do not match anything in argTable arecopied down to the beginning of argv (retaining their origi-
nal order) and returned to the caller. At the end of thecall Tk_ParseArgv sets *argcPtr to hold the number of argu-
ments that are left in argv, and argv[*argcPtr] will holdthe value NULL. Normally, Tk_ParseArgv assumes that argv[0]
is a command name, so it is treated like an argument that doesn't match argTable and returned to the caller; however,if the TK_ARGV_DONT_SKIP_FIRST_ARG bit is set in flags then
argv[0] will be processed just like the other elements of argv.Tk_ParseArgv normally returns the value TCL_OK. If an error
occurs while parsing the arguments, then TCL_ERROR is
returned and Tk_ParseArgv will leave an error message in
interp->result in the standard Tcl fashion. In the event of
an error return, *argvPtr will not have been modified, but argv could have been partially modified. The possible causes of errors are explained below. The argTable array specifies the kinds of arguments that are expected; each of its entries has the following structure: typedef struct { char *key; int type; char *src; char *dst; char *help;} Tk_ArgvInfo;
The key field is a string such as ``-display'' or ``-bg''
that is compared with the values in argv. Type indicates how to process an argument that matches key (more on thisbelow). Src and dst are additional values used in process-
ing the argument. Their exact usage depends on type, but typically src indicates a value and dst indicates where to store the value. The char * declarations for src and dst are placeholders: the actual types may be different. Lastly, help is a string giving a brief description of this option; this string is printed when users ask for helpabout command-line options.
When processing an argument in argv, Tk_ParseArgv compares
the argument to each of the key's in argTable. Tk_ParseArgv
selects the first specifier whose key matches the argument Tk Last change: 2Tk Library Procedures Tk_ParseArgv(3TK)
exactly, if such a specifier exists. Otherwise Tk_ParseArgv
selects a specifier for which the argument is a unique abbreviation. If the argument is a unique abbreviation for more than one specifier, then an error is returned. If there is no matching entry in argTable, then the argument is skipped and returned to the caller.Once a matching argument specifier is found, Tk_ParseArgv
processes the argument according to the type field of the specifier. The argument that matched key is called ``the matching argument'' in the descriptions below. As part ofthe processing, Tk_ParseArgv may also use the next argument
in argv after the matching argument, which is called ``the following argument''. The legal values for type, and the processing that they cause, are as follows:TK_ARGV_END
Marks the end of the table. The last entry in argTable must have this type; all of its other fields are ignored and it will never match any arguments.TK_ARGV_CONSTANT
Src is treated as an integer and dst is treated as a pointer to an integer. Src is stored at *dst. The matching argument is discarded.TK_ARGV_INT
The following argument must contain an integer string in the format accepted by strtol (e.g. ``0'' and ``0x'' prefixes may be used to specify octal or hexadecimal numbers, respectively). Dst is treated as a pointer to an integer; the following argument is converted to an integer value and stored at *dst. Src is ignored. The matching and following arguments are discarded from argv.TK_ARGV_FLOAT
The following argument must contain a floating-point
number in the format accepted by strtol. Dst istreated as the address of an double-precision floating
point value; the following argument is converted to adouble-precision value and stored at *dst. The match-
ing and following arguments are discarded from argv.TK_ARGV_STRING
In this form, dst is treated as a pointer to a (char*); Tk_ParseArgv stores at *dst a pointer to the fol-
lowing argument, and discards the matching and follow-
ing arguments from argv. Src is ignored.TK_ARGV_UID
This form is similar to TK_ARGV_STRING, except that the
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argument is turned into a Tk_Uid by calling Tk_GetUid.
Dst is treated as a pointer to a Tk_Uid; Tk_ParseArgv
stores at *dst the Tk_Uid corresponding to the follow-
ing argument, and discards the matching and following arguments from argv. Src is ignored.TK_ARGV_CONST_OPTION
This form causes a Tk option to be set (as if the option command had been invoked). The src field is treated as a pointer to a string giving the value of an option, and dst is treated as a pointer to the name of the option. The matching argument is discarded. If tkwin is NULL, then argument specifiers of this type are ignored (as if they did not exist).TK_ARGV_OPTION_VALUE
This form is similar to TK_ARGV_CONST_OPTION, except
that the value of the option is taken from the follow-
ing argument instead of from src. Dst is used as the name of the option. Src is ignored. The matching and following arguments are discarded. If tkwin is NULL, then argument specifiers of this type are ignored (as if they did not exist).TK_ARGV_OPTION_NAME_VALUE
In this case the following argument is taken as the name of a Tk option and the argument after that is taken as the value for that option. Both src and dst are ignored. All three arguments are discarded from argv. If tkwin is NULL, then argument specifiers of this type are ignored (as if they did not exist).TK_ARGV_HELP
When this kind of option is encountered, Tk_ParseArgv
uses the help fields of argTable to format a message describing all the valid arguments. The message isplaced in interp->result and Tk_ParseArgv returns
TCL_ERROR. When this happens, the caller normally
prints the help message and aborts. If the key fieldof a TK_ARGV_HELP specifier is NULL, then the specifier
will never match any arguments; in this case the specifier simply provides extra documentation, whichwill be included when some other TK_ARGV_HELP entry
causes help information to be returned.TK_ARGV_REST
This option is used by programs or commands that allow the last several of their options to be the name and/oroptions for some other program. If a TK_ARGV_REST
argument is found, then Tk_ParseArgv doesn't process
any of the remaining arguments; it returns them all at the beginning of argv (along with any other unprocessed Tk Last change: 4Tk Library Procedures Tk_ParseArgv(3TK)
arguments). In addition, Tk_ParseArgv treats dst as
the address of an integer value, and stores at *dst theindex of the first of the TK_ARGV_REST options in the
returned argv. This allows the program to distinguishthe TK_ARGV_REST options from other unprocessed options
that preceded the TK_ARGV_REST.
TK_ARGV_FUNC
For this kind of argument, src is treated as the address of a procedure, which is invoked to process thefollowing argument. The procedure should have the fol-
lowing structure: int func(dst, key, nextArg) char *dst; char *key; char *nextArg; { }The dst and key parameters will contain the correspond-
ing fields from the argTable entry, and nextArg will point to the following argument from argv (or NULL if there aren't any more arguments left in argv). If funcuses nextArg (so that Tk_ParseArgv should discard it),
then it should return 1. Otherwise it should return 0 and TkParseArgv will process the following argument inthe normal fashion. In either event the matching argu-
ment is discarded.TK_ARGV_GENFUNC
This form provides a more general procedural escape. It treats src as the address of a procedure, and passes that procedure all of the remaining arguments. The procedure should have the following form: int genfunc(dst, interp, key, argc, argv) char *dst;Tcl_Interp *interp;
char *key; int argc; char **argv; { }The dst and key parameters will contain the correspond-
ing fields from the argTable entry. Interp will be thesame as the interp argument to Tcl_ParseArgv. Argc and
argv refer to all of the options after the matching one. Genfunc should behave in a fashion similar toTk_ParseArgv: parse as many of the remaining arguments
as it can, then return any that are left by compacting them to the beginning of argv (starting at argv[0]). Genfunc should return a count of how many arguments are Tk Last change: 5Tk Library Procedures Tk_ParseArgv(3TK)
left in argv; Tk_ParseArgv will process them. If gen-
func encounters an error then it should leave an errormessage in interp->result, in the usual Tcl fashion,
and return -1; when this happens Tk_ParseArgv will
abort its processing and return TCL_ERROR.
FLAGSTK_ARGV_DONT_SKIP_FIRST_ARG
Tk_ParseArgv normally treats argv[0] as a program or
command name, and returns it to the caller just as if it hadn't matched argTable. If this flag is given, then argv[0] is not given special treatment.TK_ARGV_NO_ABBREV
Normally, Tk_ParseArgv accepts unique abbreviations for
key values in argTable. If this flag is given then only exact matches will be acceptable.TK_ARGV_NO_LEFTOVERS
Normally, Tk_ParseArgv returns unrecognized arguments
to the caller. If this bit is set in flags thenTk_ParseArgv will return an error if it encounters any
argument that doesn't match argTable. The only excep-
tion to this rule is argv[0], which will be returned to the caller with no errors as long asTK_ARGV_DONT_SKIP_FIRST_ARG isn't specified.
TK_ARGV_NO_DEFAULTS
Normally, Tk_ParseArgv searches an internal table of
standard argument specifiers in addition to argTable.If this bit is set in flags, then Tk_ParseArgv will use
only argTable and not its default table.EXAMPLE
Here is an example definition of an argTable and some sample command lines that use the options. Note the effect on argcand argv; arguments processed by Tk_ParseArgv are elim-
inated from argv, and argc is updated to reflect reduced number of arguments. /* * Define and set default values for globals. */ int debugFlag = 0; int numReps = 100; char defaultFileName[] = "out"; char *fileName = defaultFileName; Boolean exec = FALSE; /* * Define option descriptions. Tk Last change: 6Tk Library Procedures Tk_ParseArgv(3TK)
*/Tk_ArgvInfo argTable[] = {
{"-X", TK_ARGV_CONSTANT, (char *) 1, (char *) &debugFlag,
"Turn on debugging printfs"},{"-N", TK_ARGV_INT, (char *) NULL, (char *) &numReps,
"Number of repetitions"},{"-of", TK_ARGV_STRING, (char *) NULL, (char *) &fileName,
"Name of file for output"},{"x", TK_ARGV_REST, (char *) NULL, (char *) &exec,
"File to exec, followed by any arguments (must be last argument)."},{(char *) NULL, TK_ARGV_END, (char *) NULL, (char *) NULL,
(char *) NULL} }; main(argc, argv) int argc; char *argv[]; { ...if (Tk_ParseArgv(interp, tkwin, &argc, argv, argTable, 0) != TCL_OK) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", interp->result);
exit(1); } /* * Remainder of the program. */ } Note that default values can be assigned to variables named in argTable: the variables will only be overwritten if the particular arguments are present in argv. Here are some example command lines and their effects.prog -N 200 infile# just sets the numReps variable to 200
prog -of out200 infile # sets fileName to reference "out200"
prog -XN 10 infile# sets the debug flag, also sets numReps
In all of the above examples, argc will be set byTk_ParseArgv to 2, argv[0] will be ``prog'', argv[1] will be
``infile'', and argv[2] will be NULL. KEYWORDS arguments, command line, optionsATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attri-
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| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE|
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| Availability | runtime/tk-8 |
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| Interface Stability| Uncommitted ||____________________|_________________|
NOTES Source for Tk is available on http://opensolaris.org. Tk Last change: 8