Re: Handling getopt for option without optional argument value

[Greg Wooledge]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 09:24:32PM +0200, lisa-asket@perso.be wrote:
> I find that using "-x -y -z" rather than "-xyz" is of minor problem compared 
> to not
> 
> being have the capability to use long options.

That's perfect, then.  Simply drop the call to getopt, and use the
arguments exactly as provided by the user.

All that getopt does for you is unroll -xyz aggregates, and check for
invalid options.  That's it.  The --long-option handling is all yours
to do, either with or without a preceding call to getopt.