Nick Leverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Thanks for your opinion, it's appreciated. But, pulling in
> > Getopt::Long would require yet another module which I would want to
> > avoid, especially since it still isn't fully GNU Getopt compatible in
> > that it insists on a space between a short option and its value, which
> > is quite annoying.
>
> As to the syntax. The current way of specifying -f, using CGI param(),
> requires -f=/etc/foo. I tested the syntax and found that it in the form
> I used, Getopt accepts the same -f= syntax as the existing Debian patch.
> So no user of -f (if there are any) would have to change. This usage
> also accepts "-f /etc/foo"
If that's the case, couldn't you do soemthing like (my perl is old and
rusty so apologies for the pseudo-perl):
while (@ARGV) {
if (/^-([a-z])=(.*)$/) {
# do a big switch on $1, setting variables to $2
}
}
and avoid the use of modules altogether?
You could even use this regex:
/^([a-z]=?(.*)$/
To allow -f=foo and -ffoo
Neale
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