Hi Manuel,
> I want to use AutoOpts for Shell script generation, and in previous
> letters Bruce already introduced me on how to compile the def-file so a
> shell script is created.
Bruce has forgotten which flavor, since you can either produce shell
script or a binary option processing "partner", a la:
opts=`${0}-opts ${1+"$@"}`
eval "$opts"
case "X${OPTION_CT}" in
X ) exit 1 ;;
X0 ) : ;;
* ) shift ${OPTION_CT} ;;
esac
or source or auto-edit in the generated script:
. ${0}-opts.sh ${1+"$@"}
> Now i want to to modify the shell script found at
> https://github.com/codeless/MyRex/blob/master/myrex.sh to use AutoOpts.
> Several parameters for this script are forced, but this doesn't seem to
> work with AutoOpts. For instance:
>
> flag = {
> name = sqlfile;
> descrip = "SQL file to be executed";
> arg-type = file;
> must-set = true;
> }
>
> I want AutoOpts to check for the parameter "sqlfile", which has to be
> set and should be checked if it's a valid (existing) file. How to
> achieve this? Is it possible with AutoOpts for Shell-Scripts?
That is done with a companion binary, but I don't know if I did that
for the emitted shell script. It would be reasonable to check the
minimum count/must-set status and emit appropriate code. I am
certain I haven't done it for "must-set", I might have for "min = 1".
"must-set" is only 6 or 7 years old.
> Further on, i want to force the user to pass a directory-path to the
> script (not as flag); i used:
>
> argument = file;
>
> Is this the way to go?
That is the way to go. Is it actually implemented? That is a completely
different question. Since "file" arguments are something from the last
few years and I haven't done much with shell script stuff for close to a
decade, (Parts of makeshell.c file havn't been touched in 14 years. :)
I'm pretty sure that no verifications get inserted into the script.
If you are willing and able to have a binary option parser program,
you'd get more consistency and easier support. Otherwise, for fastest
support, you'd be most welcome to fiddle the code in autoopts/makeshell.c
and the various strings it uses in autoopts/ao-strs.def.
> Thanks for any help!!
I'd be thanking -you-! :) Cheers - Bruc
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