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Re: getopts broken on second execution
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: getopts broken on second execution |
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Mon, 27 Dec 2004 17:16:23 -0500 |
> if I run getopts for the second time it ignores all its arguments.
> No matter how $OPTIND is set. It worked fine in bash2, it is broken in bash3.
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> Is there a bug in the attached code or in bash?
You need to reset OPTIND to 1 before you use getopts a second time, no
matter whether or not you declare it as local in the function.
Chet
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