Hello all,

I'm using Getopt::Euclid to create a command line parser up to this spec:

Usage:
    dbsetup.pl <dbfile> [options]

Required arguments:
    <dbfile>
        Database file name. Existing files will not be overwritten unless the
        force parameter is specified.

Options:
    -f | --force
        Force overwrite of existing database file.

    -m <X> | --mockup=<X>
        Insert mock-up data set X into the database.

The funny behavior I get is that './dbsetup -d', which has an invalid flag, will happily assume '-d' is the filename; is there a way to make it more gnu-getopt like? Ie. -d bails out with 'invalid flag' unless one specifically runs './dbsetup -- -d'?

Even more funny is that './dbsetup -m' will not die of something like '-m should be followed by a parameter and is not AND you didnt specify a filename', but also assume '-m' is the file name! Isn't this erroneous?

Thanks, Michal

In reply to Getopt::Euclid, strange behavior & how to fix? by pht

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