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authorRobin Krahl <robin.krahl@ireas.org>2020-01-07 11:18:04 +0000
committerDaniel Mueller <deso@posteo.net>2020-01-08 09:20:25 -0800
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+extern crate clap;
+
+use clap::{App, Arg};
+
+fn main() {
+
+ // Positional arguments are those values after the program name which are not preceded by any
+ // identifier (such as "myapp some_file"). Positionals support many of the same options as
+ // flags, as well as a few additional ones.
+ let matches = App::new("MyApp")
+ // Regular App configuration goes here...
+
+ // We'll add two positional arguments, a input file, and a config file.
+ //
+ // I'll explain each possible setting that "positionals" accept. Keep in
+ // mind that you DO NOT need to set each of these for every flag, only the
+ // ones that apply to your individual case.
+ .arg(Arg::with_name("input")
+ .help("the input file to use") // Displayed when showing help info
+ .index(1) // Set the order in which the user must
+ // specify this argument (Starts at 1)
+ .requires("config") // Says, "If the user uses "input", they MUST
+ // also use this other 'config' arg too"
+ // Can also specify a list using
+ // requires_all(Vec<&str>)
+ .conflicts_with("output") // Opposite of requires(), says "if the
+ // user uses -a, they CANNOT use 'output'"
+ // also has a conflicts_with_all(Vec<&str>)
+ .required(true) // By default this argument MUST be present
+ // NOTE: mutual exclusions take precedence over
+ // required arguments
+ )
+ .arg(Arg::with_name("config")
+ .help("the config file to use")
+ .index(2)) // Note, we do not need to specify required(true)
+ // if we don't want to, because "input" already
+ // requires "config"
+ // Note, we also do not need to specify requires("input")
+ // because requires lists are automatically two-way
+
+ // NOTE: In order to compile this example, comment out conflicts_with()
+ // because we have not defined an "output" argument.
+ .get_matches();
+
+ // We can find out whether or not "input" or "config" were used
+ if matches.is_present("input") {
+ println!("An input file was specified");
+ }
+
+ // We can also get the values for those arguments
+ if let Some(in_file) = matches.value_of("input") {
+ // It's safe to call unwrap() because of the required options we set above
+ println!("Doing work with {} and {}", in_file, matches.value_of("config").unwrap());
+ }
+ // Continued program logic goes here...
+}