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+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * universal getopt32 implementation for busybox
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2003-2005  Vladimir Oleynik  <dzo@simtreas.ru>
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
+ */
+
+#include "libbb.h"
+#include <getopt.h>
+
+/*      Documentation
+
+uint32_t
+getopt32(int argc, char **argv, const char *applet_opts, ...)
+
+        The command line options must be declared in const char
+        *applet_opts as a string of chars, for example:
+
+        flags = getopt32(argc, argv, "rnug");
+
+        If one of the given options is found, a flag value is added to
+        the return value (an unsigned long).
+
+        The flag value is determined by the position of the char in
+        applet_opts string.  For example, in the above case:
+
+        flags = getopt32(argc, argv, "rnug");
+
+        "r" will add 1    (bit 0)
+        "n" will add 2    (bit 1)
+        "u  will add 4    (bit 2)
+        "g" will add 8    (bit 3)
+
+        and so on.  You can also look at the return value as a bit
+        field and each option sets one bit.
+
+        On exit, global variable optind is set so that if you
+        will do argc -= optind; argv += optind; then
+        argc will be equal to number of remaining non-option
+        arguments, first one would be in argv[0], next in argv[1] and so on
+        (options and their parameters will be moved into argv[]
+        positions prior to argv[optind]).
+
+ ":"    If one of the options requires an argument, then add a ":"
+        after the char in applet_opts and provide a pointer to store
+        the argument.  For example:
+
+        char *pointer_to_arg_for_a;
+        char *pointer_to_arg_for_b;
+        char *pointer_to_arg_for_c;
+        char *pointer_to_arg_for_d;
+
+        flags = getopt32(argc, argv, "a:b:c:d:",
+        		&pointer_to_arg_for_a, &pointer_to_arg_for_b,
+        		&pointer_to_arg_for_c, &pointer_to_arg_for_d);
+
+        The type of the pointer (char* or llist_t*) may be controlled
+        by the "::" special separator that is set in the external string
+        opt_complementary (see below for more info).
+
+ "::"   If option can have an *optional* argument, then add a "::"
+        after its char in applet_opts and provide a pointer to store
+        the argument.  Note that optional arguments _must_
+        immediately follow the option: -oparam, not -o param.
+
+ "+"    If the first character in the applet_opts string is a plus,
+        then option processing will stop as soon as a non-option is
+        encountered in the argv array.  Useful for applets like env
+        which should not process arguments to subprograms:
+        env -i ls -d /
+        Here we want env to process just the '-i', not the '-d'.
+
+const struct option *applet_long_options
+
+        This struct allows you to define long options.  The syntax for
+        declaring the array is just like that of getopt's longopts.
+        (see getopt(3))
+
+        static const struct option applet_long_options[] = {
+        	//name,has_arg,flag,val 
+        	{ "verbose", 0, 0, 'v' },
+        	{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }
+        };
+        applet_long_options = applet_long_options;
+
+        The last member of struct option (val) typically is set to
+        matching short option from applet_opts. If there is no matching
+        char in applet_opts, then:
+        - return bit have next position after short options
+        - if has_arg is not "no_argument", use ptr for arg also
+        - opt_complementary affects it too
+
+        Note: a good applet will make long options configurable via the
+        config process and not a required feature.  The current standard
+        is to name the config option CONFIG_FEATURE_<applet>_LONG_OPTIONS.
+
+const char *opt_complementary
+
+ ":"    The colon (":") is used to separate groups of two or more chars
+        and/or groups of chars and special characters (stating some
+        conditions to be checked).
+
+ "abc"  If groups of two or more chars are specified, the first char
+        is the main option and the other chars are secondary options.
+        Their flags will be turned on if the main option is found even
+        if they are not specifed on the command line.  For example:
+
+        opt_complementary = "abc";
+        flags = getopt32(argc, argv, "abcd")
+
+        If getopt() finds "-a" on the command line, then
+        getopt32's return value will be as if "-a -b -c" were
+        found.
+
+ "ww"   Adjacent double options have a counter associated which indicates
+        the number of occurences of the option.
+        For example the ps applet needs:
+        if w is given once, GNU ps sets the width to 132,
+        if w is given more than once, it is "unlimited"
+
+        int w_counter = 0;
+        opt_complementary = "ww";
+        getopt32(argc, argv, "w", &w_counter);
+        if (w_counter)
+        	width = (w_counter == 1) ? 132 : INT_MAX;
+        else
+        	get_terminal_width(...&width...);
+
+        w_counter is a pointer to an integer. It has to be passed to
+        getopt32() after all other option argument sinks.
+
+        For example: accept multiple -v to indicate the level of verbosity
+        and for each -b optarg, add optarg to my_b. Finally, if b is given,
+        turn off c and vice versa:
+
+        llist_t *my_b = NULL;
+        int verbose_level = 0;
+        opt_complementary = "vv:b::b-c:c-b";
+        f = getopt32(argc, argv, "vb:c", &my_b, &verbose_level);
+        if (f & 2)       // -c after -b unsets -b flag
+        	while (my_b) { dosomething_with(my_b->data); my_b = my_b->link; }
+        if (my_b)        // but llist is stored if -b is specified
+        	free_llist(my_b);
+        if (verbose_level) bb_printf("verbose level is %d\n", verbose_level);
+
+Special characters:
+
+ "-"    A dash between two options causes the second of the two
+        to be unset (and ignored) if it is given on the command line.
+
+        [FIXME: what if they are the same? like "x-x"? Is it ever useful?]
+
+        For example:
+        The du applet has the options "-s" and "-d depth".  If
+        getopt32 finds -s, then -d is unset or if it finds -d
+        then -s is unset.  (Note:  busybox implements the GNU
+        "--max-depth" option as "-d".)  To obtain this behavior, you
+        set opt_complementary = "s-d:d-s".  Only one flag value is
+        added to getopt32's return value depending on the
+        position of the options on the command line.  If one of the
+        two options requires an argument pointer (":" in applet_opts
+        as in "d:") optarg is set accordingly.
+
+        char *smax_print_depth;
+
+        opt_complementary = "s-d:d-s:x-x";
+        opt = getopt32(argc, argv, "sd:x", &smax_print_depth);
+
+        if (opt & 2)
+        	max_print_depth = atoi(smax_print_depth);
+        if (opt & 4)
+        	printf("Detected odd -x usage\n");
+
+ "-"    A dash as the first char in a opt_complementary group forces
+        all arguments to be treated as options, even if they have
+        no leading dashes. Next char in this case can't be a digit (0-9),
+        use ':' or end of line. For example:
+
+        opt_complementary = "-:w-x:x-w";
+        getopt32(argc, argv, "wx");
+
+        Allows any arguments to be given without a dash (./program w x)
+        as well as with a dash (./program -x).
+
+ "-N"   A dash as the first char in a opt_complementary group followed
+        by a single digit (0-9) means that at least N non-option
+        arguments must be present on the command line
+
+ "V-"   An option with dash before colon or end-of-line results in
+        bb_show_usage being called if this option is encountered.
+        This is typically used to implement "print verbose usage message
+        and exit" option.
+
+ "--"   A double dash between two options, or between an option and a group
+        of options, means that they are mutually exclusive.  Unlike
+        the "-" case above, an error will be forced if the options
+        are used together.
+
+        For example:
+        The cut applet must have only one type of list specified, so
+        -b, -c and -f are mutally exclusive and should raise an error
+        if specified together.  In this case you must set
+        opt_complementary = "b--cf:c--bf:f--bc".  If two of the
+        mutually exclusive options are found, getopt32's
+        return value will have the error flag set (BB_GETOPT_ERROR) so
+        that we can check for it:
+
+        if (flags & BB_GETOPT_ERROR)
+        	bb_show_usage();
+
+ "x--x" Variation of the above, it means that -x option should occur
+        at most once.
+
+ "?"    A "?" as the first char in a opt_complementary group means:
+        if BB_GETOPT_ERROR is detected, don't return, call bb_show_usage
+        and exit instead. Next char after '?' can't be a digit.
+
+ "?N"   A "?" as the first char in a opt_complementary group followed
+        by a single digit (0-9) means that at most N arguments must be present
+        on the command line.
+
+ "::"   A double colon after a char in opt_complementary means that the
+        option can occur multiple times. Each occurrence will be saved as
+        a llist_t element instead of char*.
+
+        For example:
+        The grep applet can have one or more "-e pattern" arguments.
+        In this case you should use getopt32() as follows:
+
+        llist_t *patterns = NULL;
+
+        (this pointer must be initializated to NULL if the list is empty
+        as required by *llist_add_to(llist_t *old_head, char *new_item).)
+
+        opt_complementary = "e::";
+
+        getopt32(argc, argv, "e:", &patterns);
+        $ grep -e user -e root /etc/passwd
+        root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
+        user:x:500:500::/home/user:/bin/bash
+
+ "--"   A double dash at the beginning of opt_complementary means the
+        argv[1] string should always be treated as options, even if it isn't
+        prefixed with a "-".  This is useful for special syntax in applets
+        such as "ar" and "tar":
+        tar xvf foo.tar
+
+ "?"    An "?" between an option and a group of options means that
+        at least one of them is required to occur if the first option
+        occurs in preceding command line arguments.
+
+        For example from "id" applet:
+
+        // Don't allow -n -r -rn -ug -rug -nug -rnug
+        opt_complementary = "r?ug:n?ug:?u--g:g--u";
+        flags = getopt32(argc, argv, "rnug");
+
+        This example allowed only:
+        $ id; id -u; id -g; id -ru; id -nu; id -rg; id -ng; id -rnu; id -rng
+
+ "X"    A opt_complementary group with just a single letter means
+        that this option is required. If more than one such group exists,
+        at least one option is required to occur (not all of them).
+        For example from "start-stop-daemon" applet:
+
+        // Don't allow -KS -SK, but -S or -K is required
+        opt_complementary = "K:S:?K--S:S--K";
+        flags = getopt32(argc, argv, "KS...);
+
+
+        Don't forget to use ':'. For example, "?322-22-23X-x-a"
+        is interpreted as "?3:22:-2:2-2:2-3Xa:2--x" -
+        max 3 args; count uses of '-2'; min 2 args; if there is
+        a '-2' option then unset '-3', '-X' and '-a'; if there is
+        a '-2' and after it a '-x' then error out.
+*/
+
+/* Code here assumes that 'unsigned' is at least 32 bits wide */
+
+const char *opt_complementary;
+
+typedef struct {
+	int opt;
+	int list_flg;
+	unsigned switch_on;
+	unsigned switch_off;
+	unsigned incongruously;
+	unsigned requires;
+	void **optarg;               /* char **optarg or llist_t **optarg */
+	int *counter;
+} t_complementary;
+
+/* You can set applet_long_options for parse called long options */
+#if ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG
+static const struct option bb_default_long_options[] = {
+/*      { "help", 0, NULL, '?' }, */
+	{ 0, 0, 0, 0 }
+};
+
+const struct option *applet_long_options = bb_default_long_options;
+#endif
+
+uint32_t
+getopt32(int argc, char **argv, const char *applet_opts, ...)
+{
+	unsigned flags = 0;
+	unsigned requires = 0;
+	t_complementary complementary[sizeof(flags) * 8 + 1];
+	int c;
+	const unsigned char *s;
+	t_complementary *on_off;
+	va_list p;
+#if ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG
+	const struct option *l_o;
+#endif
+	unsigned trigger;
+	char **pargv = NULL;
+	int min_arg = 0;
+	int max_arg = -1;
+
+#define SHOW_USAGE_IF_ERROR     1
+#define ALL_ARGV_IS_OPTS        2
+#define FIRST_ARGV_IS_OPT       4
+#define FREE_FIRST_ARGV_IS_OPT  8
+	int spec_flgs = 0;
+
+	va_start(p, applet_opts);
+
+	c = 0;
+	on_off = complementary;
+	memset(on_off, 0, sizeof(complementary));
+
+	/* skip GNU extension */
+	s = (const unsigned char *)applet_opts;
+	if (*s == '+' || *s == '-')
+		s++;
+	for (; *s; s++) {
+		if (c >= (int)(sizeof(flags)*8))
+			break;
+		on_off->opt = *s;
+		on_off->switch_on = (1 << c);
+		if (s[1] == ':') {
+			on_off->optarg = va_arg(p, void **);
+			do
+				s++;
+			while (s[1] == ':');
+		}
+		on_off++;
+		c++;
+	}
+
+#if ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG
+	for (l_o = applet_long_options; l_o->name; l_o++) {
+		if (l_o->flag)
+			continue;
+		for (on_off = complementary; on_off->opt != 0; on_off++)
+			if (on_off->opt == l_o->val)
+				break;
+		if (on_off->opt == 0) {
+			if (c >= (int)(sizeof(flags)*8))
+				break;
+			on_off->opt = l_o->val;
+			on_off->switch_on = (1 << c);
+			if (l_o->has_arg != no_argument)
+				on_off->optarg = va_arg(p, void **);
+			c++;
+		}
+	}
+#endif /* ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG */
+	for (s = (const unsigned char *)opt_complementary; s && *s; s++) {
+		t_complementary *pair;
+		unsigned *pair_switch;
+
+		if (*s == ':')
+			continue;
+		c = s[1];
+		if (*s == '?') {
+			if (c < '0' || c > '9') {
+				spec_flgs |= SHOW_USAGE_IF_ERROR;
+			} else {
+				max_arg = c - '0';
+				s++;
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (*s == '-') {
+			if (c < '0' || c > '9') {
+				if (c == '-') {
+					spec_flgs |= FIRST_ARGV_IS_OPT;
+					s++;
+				} else
+					spec_flgs |= ALL_ARGV_IS_OPTS;
+			} else {
+				min_arg = c - '0';
+				s++;
+			}
+			continue;
+		}
+		for (on_off = complementary; on_off->opt; on_off++)
+			if (on_off->opt == *s)
+				break;
+		if (c == ':' && s[2] == ':') {
+			on_off->list_flg++;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (c == ':' || c == '\0') {
+			requires |= on_off->switch_on;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (c == '-' && (s[2] == ':' || s[2] == '\0')) {
+			flags |= on_off->switch_on;
+			on_off->incongruously |= on_off->switch_on;
+			s++;
+			continue;
+		}
+		if (c == *s) {
+			on_off->counter = va_arg(p, int *);
+			s++;
+		}
+		pair = on_off;
+		pair_switch = &(pair->switch_on);
+		for (s++; *s && *s != ':'; s++) {
+			if (*s == '?') {
+				pair_switch = &(pair->requires);
+			} else if (*s == '-') {
+				if (pair_switch == &(pair->switch_off))
+					pair_switch = &(pair->incongruously);
+				else
+					pair_switch = &(pair->switch_off);
+			} else {
+				for (on_off = complementary; on_off->opt; on_off++)
+					if (on_off->opt == *s) {
+						*pair_switch |= on_off->switch_on;
+						break;
+					}
+			}
+		}
+		s--;
+	}
+	va_end (p);
+
+#if ENABLE_AR || ENABLE_TAR
+	if (spec_flgs & FIRST_ARGV_IS_OPT) {
+		if (argv[1] && argv[1][0] != '-' && argv[1][0] != '\0') {
+			argv[1] = xasprintf("-%s", argv[1]);
+			if (ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP)
+				spec_flgs |= FREE_FIRST_ARGV_IS_OPT;
+		}
+	}
+#endif
+#if ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, applet_opts,
+				 applet_long_options, NULL)) >= 0) {
+#else
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, applet_opts)) >= 0) {
+#endif /* ENABLE_GETOPT_LONG */
+loop_arg_is_opt:
+		for (on_off = complementary; on_off->opt != c; on_off++) {
+			/* c==0 if long opt have non NULL flag */
+			if (on_off->opt == 0 && c != 0)
+				bb_show_usage();
+		}
+		if (flags & on_off->incongruously) {
+			if ((spec_flgs & SHOW_USAGE_IF_ERROR))
+				bb_show_usage();
+			flags |= BB_GETOPT_ERROR;
+		}
+		trigger = on_off->switch_on & on_off->switch_off;
+		flags &= ~(on_off->switch_off ^ trigger);
+		flags |= on_off->switch_on ^ trigger;
+		flags ^= trigger;
+		if (on_off->counter)
+			(*(on_off->counter))++;
+		if (on_off->list_flg) {
+			llist_add_to((llist_t **)(on_off->optarg), optarg);
+		} else if (on_off->optarg) {
+			*(char **)(on_off->optarg) = optarg;
+		}
+		if (pargv != NULL)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	if (spec_flgs & ALL_ARGV_IS_OPTS) {
+		/* process argv is option, for example "ps" applet */
+		if (pargv == NULL)
+			pargv = argv + optind;
+		while (*pargv) {
+			c = **pargv;
+			if (c == '\0') {
+				pargv++;
+			} else {
+				(*pargv)++;
+				goto loop_arg_is_opt;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+#if (ENABLE_AR || ENABLE_TAR) && ENABLE_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP
+	if (spec_flgs & FREE_FIRST_ARGV_IS_OPT)
+		free(argv[1]);
+#endif
+	/* check depending requires for given options */
+	for (on_off = complementary; on_off->opt; on_off++) {
+		if (on_off->requires && (flags & on_off->switch_on) &&
+					(flags & on_off->requires) == 0)
+			bb_show_usage();
+	}
+	if (requires && (flags & requires) == 0)
+		bb_show_usage();
+	argc -= optind;
+	if (argc < min_arg || (max_arg >= 0 && argc > max_arg))
+		bb_show_usage();
+	return flags;
+}