Re: [Boost-users] program_options

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] program_options
From: James C. Sutherland (James.Sutherland_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-07 10:24:16

Try the syntax:

  desc.add_options()
    ( "help", "print help message\n" )
    ( "Long-Option-Name,o", ...);

and then you have:
  --Long-Option-Name
or
  -o
as valid usages.

On Dec 7, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Hicham Mouline wrote:

> For command-line options, I understand from what I read so far that the
> options should be like
> --option_name=value
> 
> There is a system(I believe it is gnu) which has the long and short versions
> of options, like
> -h  and  --help
> Also, on winxxx systems, usually the command line options are indicated with
> a /   like /? or /x /X ....
> 
> Is it possible to tune program_options to choose the platform's default way
> of treating options?
> 
> Regards,
> 
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