Acbosgd.1353 net.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!harpo!cbosg!cbosgd!mark Wed Jan 6 11:38:51 1982 Re: Reply to: On Note that UNIX 3.0 has a standard subroutine called "getopt(3)" which parses argc/argv vectors in a convenient, high level, CONSISTENT manner. The only thing stopping the outside world from using it is that it wasn't in any released version of UNIX before. Even if the code itself can't be passed freely to non-3.0 licensees, certainly the manual pge can be used to rewrite it outside the labs (it can't be very much code) and a compatible standard can be promoted by Berkeley. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.