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NAME

Opt - Get command line options and their values

DESCRIPTION

This module allows you to read command-line options and their values.

This module can handle any command-line interface.

SYNOPSIS

    use Opt;
    use strict;

    my ($error, $opt1, $opt2, $opt3, @info) = &Opt::GetOpt("-opt1:b, -opt2:s=string2, -opt3:s", "req 1, xor 2 3", @ARGV);
    if ($error) {
        print "Errors detected in specifying options.\nUsage:<usage string>";
    } else {
        ### Rest of the code
	if ($opt1) {
	    if ($info[1]==1) {
	        ### If the value is a default value
		print "Default value for opt2 is taken\n";
	    } elsif ($info[1]==3) {
	        ### If the value is not default
		print "Non-default value as given = $opt2";
	    }
	}
    }

INSTALLATION

The module can be installed using the standard Perl procedure:

    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make test       # No tests defined in the version 0.1.0
    make install    # You may need to be root
    make clean      # or make realclean

Windows users without a working "make" can get nmake from:
    ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Softlib/MSLFILES/nmake15.exe

USAGE

The Synopsis above gives an example of how to use the perl module and the function GetOpt.
In addition, extensive documentation is provided in the perl module itself. 
The perl module can be usually found in the path /usr/lib/perl/5.8/ or /usr/lib/perl/5.8.8/ etc.

VERSION

This is the 0.1.0 version distribution of the Opt.pm module

AUTHOR

Balaji Ramasubramanian (balaji.ramasubramanian@gmail.com)

SUPPORT

Of course, I'll welcome e-mails.
And now, I have a website. If you have a question or suggestion, 
please let me know.

http://balaji.ramasubramanian.googlepages.com/