Yes, I got that part, but the functionality that I wanted Getopt::Auto to handle was setting $main::options{'v'} to 1 when I passed '-v' as one of the run-time arguments. That part of it doesn't seem to be happening.

I kind of hate to write my own argument parsing code, but I may just have to bite the bullet and do it. Or peruse Simon's code and see what's happening inside.

I kind of hate to write my own argument parsing code

What about Getopt::Std, Getopt::Long or even Getopt::Declare??

-- Hofmator

Good question .. my co-worker isn't keen on those three modules but wanted to try Getopt::Auto instead. I'm trying to get it running, trying just the examples in the man page. When those don't work, I figure I've missed something fundamental -- hence, my post.

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