I'd like to setup command line switches that are dependent on other
switches, similar to what rpm does listed below. From the grammar below
we see that the "query-options" are dependent on the query switch,
{-q|--query}. Can "optparse" do this or do I have to code my own
"thing"? Thanks.
QUERYING AND VERIFYING PACKAGES:
rpm {-q|--query} [select-options] [query-options]
....
query-options
[--changelog] [-c,--configfiles] [-d,--docfiles] [--dump]
[--filesbypkg] [-i,--info] [--last] [-l,--list]
[--provides] [--qf,--queryformat QUERYFMT]
[-R,--requires] [--scripts] [-s,--state]
[--triggers,--triggerscripts]
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[Bob] I'd like to setup command line switches that are dependent on other
switches, similar to what rpm does listed below. From the grammar below
we see that the "query-options" are dependent on the query switch,
{-q|--query}. Can "optparse" do this or do I have to code my own
"thing"? Thanks.
QUERYING AND VERIFYING PACKAGES:
rpm {-q|--query} [select-options] [query-options]
...
query-options
[--changelog] [-c,--configfiles] [-d,--docfiles] [--dump]
[--filesbypkg] [-i,--info] [--last] [-l,--list]
[--provides] [--qf,--queryformat QUERYFMT]
[-R,--requires] [--scripts] [-s,--state]
[--triggers,--triggerscripts]
The optparse module doesn't have native support for switch
dependencies; however, it could likely be done with multiple passes.
The parse_args() takes an args list as an argument. Make first pass
that captures your main query switches, then run another parser on a
slice of the args list.
For example, capture the main switches on a first pass over the full
argument list (catching all possible main switches and treating
everything else as a catchall). Given, args=['-ql', '--changelog',
'-d', '-c'], parse out the --changelog and then call another parser
with args=['-d', '-c'].
This functionality seems useful enough to build into the tool directly,
so do consider putting a feature request on SourceForge (and assign to
Greg Ward).
Raymond
Raymond Hettinger wrote: I'd like to setup command line switches that are dependent on other
switches, similar to what rpm does listed below. From the grammar
below we see that the "query-options" are dependent on the query
switch, {-q|--query}. Can "optparse" do this or do I have to code my
own "thing"? Thanks.
QUERYING AND VERIFYING PACKAGES:
rpm {-q|--query} [select-options] [query-options]
...
query-options
[--changelog] [-c,--configfiles] [-d,--docfiles] [--dump]
[--filesbypkg] [-i,--info] [--last] [-l,--list]
[--provides] [--qf,--queryformat QUERYFMT]
[-R,--requires] [--scripts] [-s,--state]
[--triggers,--triggerscripts]
The optparse module doesn't have native support for switch
dependencies; however, it could likely be done with multiple passes.
The parse_args() takes an args list as an argument. Make first pass
that captures your main query switches, then run another parser on a
slice of the args list.
For example, capture the main switches on a first pass over the full
argument list (catching all possible main switches and treating
everything else as a catchall). Given, args=['-ql', '--changelog',
'-d', '-c'], parse out the --changelog and then call another parser
with args=['-d', '-c'].
This functionality seems useful enough to build into the tool
directly, so do consider putting a feature request on SourceForge
(and assign to Greg Ward).
In fact, if we were to request an addition to optparse in this direction, I
think it should add standardized support for the "subcommand pattern", that is
the same command line arrangement that CVS, SVN and other programs uses. rpm
doesn't use it and I consider this an error in UI design (it should really have
been "rpm query --changelog" and similar).
--
Giovanni Bajo
* Bob (bo********@yah oo.com) wrote: I'd like to setup command line switches that are dependent on other
switches, similar to what rpm does listed below. From the grammar below
we see that the "query-options" are dependent on the query switch,
{-q|--query}. Can "optparse" do this or do I have to code my own
"thing"? Thanks.
After you pull your options and arguments from optparse, just check for
them, eg:
parser = optparse.Option Parser()
....
(options, args) = parser.parse_ar gs()
if (option.q and not option.p):
parser.error("y ou must use p to use q")
The meaning of -b doesn't change when it follows -a, but if you want
that, it is doable by extending optparse. There is even an example in
the very good "extending optik"[1] documentation available off the
sf.net site: http://optik.sourceforge.net/
regards,
mike
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