19f07849eSopenharmony_ciThis is the popt(3) command line option parsing library. While it is similar
29f07849eSopenharmony_cito getopt(3), it contains a number of enhancements, including:
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49f07849eSopenharmony_ci	1) popt is fully reentrant
59f07849eSopenharmony_ci	2) popt can parse arbitrary argv[] style arrays while 
69f07849eSopenharmony_ci	   getopt(3) makes this quite difficult
79f07849eSopenharmony_ci	3) popt allows users to alias command line arguments
89f07849eSopenharmony_ci	4) popt provides convenience functions for parsing strings
99f07849eSopenharmony_ci	   into argv[] style arrays
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119f07849eSopenharmony_ciComplete documentation on popt(3) is available in popt.pdf (included in this
129f07849eSopenharmony_citarball), which is excerpted with permission from the book "Linux
139f07849eSopenharmony_ciApplication Development" by Michael K. Johnson and Erik Troan (available
149f07849eSopenharmony_cifrom Addison Wesley in May, 1998).
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169f07849eSopenharmony_ciBugs, feature requests and contributions can be submitted at
179f07849eSopenharmony_cihttps://github.com/rpm-software-management/popt or alternatively
189f07849eSopenharmony_cirpm-maint@lists.rpm.org.
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