[Autogen-users] AutoOpts for Shell-Script

[Manuel H <mo...@co...>]

Hello AutoGen lovers!

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.

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?

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?


Thanks for any help!!

-Manuel