getopt question

[Raphael Mayoraz]

Hello,

I have some trouble to make getopt.getopt work and the way I want (and
is described in the documentation).

Attached is very small script to reproduce my problem.

If running:
> python testGetOpt.py -a junk1 -b junk2
everything is ok

> python testGetOpt.py -c junk1
ok too: I get the 'Invalid option' error message

now:
> python testGetOpt.py -a junk1 -c junk2
I'm expecting this to also print the error message, as 'c' is not in the
argument given in getopt.getopt, but it doesn't.

What am I doing wrong ?

Using python 2.6.4 on WindowXP.

Thanks.

Raphael

[Raphael Mayoraz]

Ooops, forgot to attach the file in my first e-mail. Now, here it is.

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Hello,

Thanks.

Raphael
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[Sean DiZazzo]

> [testGetOpt.py< 1K ]#!/usr/bin/env python
> import sys
> import getopt
>
> try:
>     opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], 'ab')
> except getopt.error:
>     print 'Invalid option'
>     sys.exit(0)

If your argument is expecting a value, you need to add a colon after
it in the argument string. ie. 'a:b:'

Guessing if you print 'args' from your example, both the -c and junk1
will be in there.

~Sean