ac> Or use getopt.c from Msged, which is portable to anywhere.  GNU 
 ac> getopt is overkill for small programs.  :-)
 
What, there exists a real platform where getopt *doesn't* exist in libc? I
could swear that it was specified in POSIX 1003.1, but don't have my
handy-dandy purple book at home right now.
 
Wes

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