Hi,

I am using getopts for argument processing, thus

print_usage if ( ! getopts(':hxarw:l:f:c:e:s:R:v:', \%opts) || exists($opts{h}));

in the hope that when configured incorrectly (from an arg perspective), it will print_usage.However when i run my program thus

lock -c test -l test -f locktest -x -r 5

getopts does not complain about the -r argument having value 5, nor does getopts complain when i do

lock -c test -l test -f locktest -x 5 -r

it simply obeys the : rules and throws that stuff away..:-)

Is there a recommended way to compare actual cmd line args vs what getopts expects?

In the end i wrote a short loop to total up arguments in %opts hash thus

foreach my $arg ( keys %opts ) {
        log_debug "Argument $arg has value $opts{$arg}";
        log_debug "Pre Running total is $getopts_args";
        if ( $opts{$arg} eq "1" ) {
            $getopts_args += 1;
        } else {
            $getopts_args+= 2;
        }
        log_debug "Post Running total is $getopts_args";
    }

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which i compare aginst scalar @ARGV if they don't match i carp

Am i insane? Rgds Richard

In reply to getopts and ARGV by rugwuk

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