getopt question

[Sean DiZazzo]

On Apr 9, 4:37 pm, Raphael Mayoraz <may... at netplus.ch> wrote:
> Ooops, forgot to attach the file in my first e-mail. Now, here it is.
>
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> 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
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> [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