Hi

I'm working with a program that uses GetOptions to process command line options. The code that does this is as follows:

   if (!GetOptions(
      'user=s'          => \$user,
      'group=s'         => \$group,
      'cliaddr=s'       => \$cliaddr,
      'cliport=s'       => \$cliport,
      'daemon'          => \$daemon,
      'diag'            => \$diag,
      'httpaddr=s'         => \$httpaddr,
      'httpport=s'         => \$httpport,
      'logfile=s'       => \$logfile,
      'audiodir=s'      => \$audiodir,
      'playlistdir=s'      => \$playlistdir,
      'cachedir=s'      => \$cachedir,
      'pidfile=s'       => \$pidfile,
      'playeraddr=s'    => \$localClientNetAddr,
      'priority=i'        => \$priority,
      'stdio'           => \$stdio,
      'streamaddr=s'    => \$localStreamAddr,
      'prefsfile=s'     => \$prefsfile,
      'quiet'           => \$quiet,
      'nosetup'         => \$nosetup,
      'noserver'        => \$noserver,
      'd_artwork'       => \$d_artwork,
      'd_cli'           => \$d_cli,
      'd_command'       => \$d_command,
      'd_control'       => \$d_control,
      'd_display'       => \$d_display,
      'd_factorytest'      => \$d_factorytest,
      'd_files'         => \$d_files,
      'd_firmware'      => \$d_firmware,
      'd_formats'       => \$d_formats,
      'd_graphics'      => \$d_graphics,
      'd_http'       => \$d_http,
      'd_http_verbose'     => \$d_http_verbose,
      'd_info'       => \$d_info,
      'd_ir'            => \$d_ir,
      'd_irtm'       => \$d_irtm,
      'd_itunes'        => \$d_itunes,
      'd_itunes_verbose'   => \$d_itunes_verbose,
      'd_mdns'       => \$d_mdns,
      'd_moodlogic'     => \$d_moodlogic,
      'd_musicmagic'    => \$d_musicmagic,
      'd_mp3'           => \$d_mp3,
      'd_os'            => \$d_os,
      'd_paths'         => \$d_paths,
      'd_perf'       => \$d_perf,
      'd_parse'         => \$d_parse,
      'd_playlist'      => \$d_playlist,
      'd_plugins'       => \$d_plugins,
      'd_protocol'      => \$d_protocol,
      'd_prefs'         => \$d_prefs,
      'd_remotestream'  => \$d_remotestream,
      'd_scan'       => \$d_scan,
      'd_scheduler'     => \$d_scheduler,
      'd_select'        => \$d_select,
      'd_server'        => \$d_server,
      'd_slimproto'     => \$d_slimproto,
      'd_slimproto_v'      => \$d_slimproto_v,
      'd_source'        => \$d_source,
      'd_source_v'         => \$d_source_v,
      'd_sql'        => \$d_sql,
      'd_stdio'         => \$d_stdio,
      'd_stream'        => \$d_stream,
      'd_stream_v'      => \$d_stream_v,
      'd_sync'       => \$d_sync,
      'd_sync_v'     => \$d_sync_v,
      'd_time'       => \$d_time,
      'd_ui'            => \$d_ui,
      'd_usage'         => \$d_usage,
      'd_filehandle' => \$d_filehandle,
   )) {
      showUsage();
      exit(1);
   };
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The argument I'm interested in / having problems with is --logfile. I'd like to pipe log output to an external program (multilog) and am specifying the logfile parameter as follows:

SLIMSERVER_LOG="|/usr/local/bin/multilog t s1000000 n20 /var/log/slims
+erver"
SLIMSERVER_ARGS="--daemon --prefsfile=$SLIMSERVER_CFG --logfile=$SLIMS
+ERVER_LOG"
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The program then gets called with $SLIMSERVER_ARGS on the command line, i.e. slimserver $SLIMSERVER_ARGS

This works in that output does indeed get written to the multilog program and logged in the correct directory. However, the only output I get is a usage message which I think is caused by GetOptions thinking that the tokens in the logfile name are options to the slimserver program.

Is there some way round this?

Thanks,

R.

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