1 warn "Legacy library @{[(caller(0))[6]]} will be removed from the Perl core distribution in the next major release. Please install it from the CPAN distribution Perl4::CoreLibs. It is being used at @{[(caller)[1]]}, line @{[(caller)[2]]}.\n";
3 ;# $RCSfile: getopt.pl,v $$Revision: 4.1 $$Date: 92/08/07 18:23:58 $
5 # This library is no longer being maintained, and is included for backward
6 # compatibility with Perl 4 programs which may require it.
7 # This legacy library is deprecated and will be removed in a future
10 # In particular, this should not be used as an example of modern Perl
11 # programming techniques.
13 # Suggested alternatives: Getopt::Long or Getopt::Std
15 ;# Process single-character switches with switch clustering. Pass one argument
16 ;# which is a string containing all switches that take an argument. For each
17 ;# switch found, sets $opt_x (where x is the switch name) to the value of the
18 ;# argument, or 1 if no argument. Switches which take an argument don't care
19 ;# whether there is a space between the switch and the argument.
22 ;# do Getopt('oDI'); # -o, -D & -I take arg. Sets opt_* as a side effect.
25 local($argumentative) = @_;
26 local($_,$first,$rest);
28 while (@ARGV && ($_ = $ARGV[0]) =~ /^-(.)(.*)/) {
29 ($first,$rest) = ($1,$2);
30 if (index($argumentative,$first) >= 0) {
38 ${"opt_$first"} = $rest;