getopt.h: Compiling Linux C-Code in Windows

You are correct. getopt() is POSIX, not Windows, you would generally have to re-write all command-line argument parsing code.

Fortunately, there is a project, Xgetopt, that is meant for Windows/MFC classes.

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1940/XGetopt-A-Unix-compatible-getopt-for-MFC-and-Win32

If you can get this working in your project, it should save you a fair bit of coding and prevent you from having to rework all parsing.

Additionally, it comes with a nice GUI-enabled demo app that you should find helpful.

Good luck!

getopt() is actually a really simple function. I made a github gist for it, code from here is below too

#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int     opterr = 1,             /* if error message should be printed */
  optind = 1,             /* index into parent argv vector */
  optopt,                 /* character checked for validity */
  optreset;               /* reset getopt */
char    *optarg;                /* argument associated with option */

#define BADCH   (int)'?'
#define BADARG  (int)':'
#define EMSG    ""

/*
* getopt --
*      Parse argc/argv argument vector.
*/
int
  getopt(int nargc, char * const nargv[], const char *ostr)
{
  static char *place = EMSG;              /* option letter processing */
  const char *oli;                        /* option letter list index */

  if (optreset || !*place) {              /* update scanning pointer */
    optreset = 0;
    if (optind >= nargc || *(place = nargv[optind]) != '-') {
      place = EMSG;
      return (-1);
    }
    if (place[1] && *++place == '-') {      /* found "--" */
      ++optind;
      place = EMSG;
      return (-1);
    }
  }                                       /* option letter okay? */
  if ((optopt = (int)*place++) == (int)':' ||
    !(oli = strchr(ostr, optopt))) {
      /*
      * if the user didn't specify '-' as an option,
      * assume it means -1.
      */
      if (optopt == (int)'-')
        return (-1);
      if (!*place)
        ++optind;
      if (opterr && *ostr != ':')
        (void)printf("illegal option -- %c\n", optopt);
      return (BADCH);
  }
  if (*++oli != ':') {                    /* don't need argument */
    optarg = NULL;
    if (!*place)
      ++optind;
  }
  else {                                  /* need an argument */
    if (*place)                     /* no white space */
      optarg = place;
    else if (nargc <= ++optind) {   /* no arg */
      place = EMSG;
      if (*ostr == ':')
        return (BADARG);
      if (opterr)
        (void)printf("option requires an argument -- %c\n", optopt);
      return (BADCH);
    }
    else                            /* white space */
      optarg = nargv[optind];
    place = EMSG;
    ++optind;
  }
  return (optopt);                        /* dump back option letter */
}

I did compile the getopt code under windows.

I did this as I wanted to explicilty use its command line parsing functionality in a windows (command line) app.

I successfully did this using VC2010.

As far as I remember I ran into no significant issues doing so.

getopt.c getoptl.c

There is a possibilty to use code from MinGW runtime (by Todd C. Miller):

http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/mingw-w64/browser/trunk/mingw-w64-crt/misc

I have created a small library with these files and CMake script (can generate a VS project):

https://github.com/alex85k/wingetopt