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return '?' ;
} else

return

else {
// Found non-argument non-option word in argv: end of options.
++ optind ;
done = true

true ;

return return DONE ;

}

}

/** Return optind, the index into args of the last option we looked at */
public public int int getOptInd () {

return return optind ;

}

}

See Also

GetOpt is an adequate tool for processing command-line options. You may come up with
something better and contribute it to the Java world; this is left as an exercise for the reader.

For another way of dealing with command lines, see the Apache Commons Command Line
Interface .

[ 10 ] When compiling strings for use on Windows, remember to double them because \ is an escape
character in most places other than the MS-DOS command line: String rootDir = "C:\\"; .
[ 11 ] The Unix world has several variations on getopt ; mine emulates the original AT&T version fairly
closely, with some frills such as long-name arguments.