getopts-long-rs

This is the README.md file for the 'getopts-long-rs' project.

Overview

The 'getopts-long-rs' project is intended to provides a Rust library for parsing command line options, with a feature set inspired by Perl's Getopt::Long.

Currently the project is just a stub, established to hold the 'getopts-long' namespace on crates.io.

License

Dual licensed: GPL-2.0-or-later OR Apache-2.0

Copyright © 2020 Alan D. Salewski ads@salewski.email

Other Rust options parsing libraries

This is not an endorsement, but if you are interested in getopts-long-rs, you may be interested in one or more of the following projects, as well. These are some other libraries in the "cli options parsing" space that the getopts-long-rs author is aware of. Despite some naming similarities, the getopts-long-rs project is not not affiliated with these other projects:

• getopt

  • https://crates.io/crates/getopt
  • https://docs.rs/getopt/latest/getopt/
  • https://github.com/dragonmaus/getopt.rs

• getopts

  • https://crates.io/crates/getopts
  • https://docs.rs/getopts/latest/getopts/
  • https://github.com/rust-lang/getopts

  This one is used by rustc, but usage of it in new projects is disouraged:

  • https://github.com/rust-lang/getopts/pull/99#issuecomment-660630614

• pico-args

  • https://crates.io/crates/pico-args
  • https://docs.rs/pico-args/latest/pico_args/
  • https://github.com/RazrFalcon/pico-args

• argh

  • https://crates.io/crates/argh
  • https://docs.rs/argh/latest/argh/
  • https://github.com/google/argh

• clap

  • https://crates.io/crates/clap
  • https://docs.rs/clap/latest/clap/
  • https://github.com/clap-rs/clap

• gumdrop

  • https://crates.io/crates/gumdrop`
  • https://docs.rs/gumdrop/latest/gumdrop/
  • https://github.com/murarth/gumdrop

• structopt

  • https://crates.io/crates/structopt
  • https://docs.rs/structopt/latest/structopt/
  • https://github.com/TeXitoi/structopt

• getopt-long

  • https://crates.io/crates/getopt-long
  • https://docs.rs/getopt-long/latest/getopt_long/
  • https://github.com/automanyang/servant