Coding: CLI args parsing and resident purity

[nyteschayde]

Almost all CLI commands in AmigaOS use syntax where you can pass ? and you get prompted with a list of parameters and they're relative required'ness based on an obscure /M /A /K /S type of reference.

I believe they stand for

/A Required argument
/F Final argument in list
/K Keyword must be entered with argument
/M Multiple arguments
/N Number
/S Switch (optional)

Anyhow, I doubt people manually parse these each time. Is there a known API for handling this type of input in Amiga C?

Also, where can I find information on how to make the command resident safe?


Any help would be appreciated.

[nyteschayde]

Thanks, you're both awesome!

[nyteschayde]

So I tried to compile something that uses ReadArgs. I can successfully get it to prompt me using the template string I pass in but I don't fully understand the second parameter (the LONG* array). I am also not 100% clear on how to check the parsed args afterwards.

Do you guys have any example usages anywhere. Google failed me on this account.

[nyteschayde]

Wow, ask and you shall receive. You guys rock. I wish I could just pull example source out of my back pocket like that. I really appreciate it.