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/*
 * getopt - get option letter from argv
 *	This software is in the public domain
 *	Originally written by Henry Spenser at the U. of Toronto
 */

#include <stdio.h>

char	*optarg;	/* Global argument pointer. */
int	optind = 0;	/* Global argv index. */

static char	*scan = NULL;	/* Private scan pointer. */

extern char	*index();

int
getopt(argc, argv, optstring)
int argc;
char *argv[];
char *optstring;
{
	register char c;
	register char *place;

	optarg = NULL;

	if (scan == NULL || *scan == '\0') {
		if (optind == 0)
			optind++;
	
		if (optind >= argc || argv[optind][0] != '-' || argv[optind][1] == '\0')
			return(EOF);
		if (strcmp(argv[optind], "--")==0) {
			optind++;
			return(EOF);
		}
	
		scan = argv[optind]+1;
		optind++;
	}

	c = *scan++;
	place = index(optstring, c);

	if (place == NULL || c == ':') {
		fprintf(stderr, "%s: unknown option -%c\n", argv[0], c);
		return('?');
	}

	place++;
	if (*place == ':') {
		if (*scan != '\0') {
			optarg = scan;
			scan = NULL;
		} else {
			optarg = argv[optind];
			optind++;
		}
	}

	return(c);
}

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