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+#!/usr/bin/env escript
+%% -*- erlang -*-
+%%! -sname ex1 -pz ebin
+
+%%%-------------------------------------------------------------------
+%%% @author Juan Jose Comellas <juanjo@comellas.org>
+%%% @copyright (C) 2009 Juan Jose Comellas
+%%% @doc Example file for the getopt module.
+%%% @end
+%%%
+%%% This source file is subject to the New BSD License. You should have received
+%%% a copy of the New BSD license with this software. If not, it can be
+%%% retrieved from: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
+%%%-------------------------------------------------------------------
+-module(ex1).
+-author('juanjo@comellas.org').
+
+main([]) ->
+    getopt:usage(option_spec_list(), escript:script_name());
+main(Args) ->
+    OptSpecList = option_spec_list(),
+    io:format("For command line: ~p~n"
+              "getopt:parse/2 returns:~n~n", [Args]),
+    case getopt:parse(OptSpecList, Args) of
+        {ok, {Options, NonOptArgs}} ->
+            io:format("Options:~n  ~p~n~nNon-option arguments:~n  ~p~n", [Options, NonOptArgs]);
+        {error, {Reason, Data}} ->
+            io:format("Error: ~s ~p~n~n", [Reason, Data]),
+            getopt:usage(OptSpecList, "ex1.escript")
+    end.
+
+
+option_spec_list() ->
+    CurrentUser = case os:getenv("USER") of
+                      false ->
+                          "user";
+                      User ->
+                          User
+                  end,
+    LongHelp = "Password to connect to the database; this is an arbitrarily long string just to check "
+               "whether getopt wraps lines correctly when they become too long for the console. We'll "
+               "make it extra long so that it takes at least 3 lines to show on normal consoles. That "
+               "wasn't enough, so let's try again by adding more and more redundant text to this help "
+               "line. What if we copied a paragraph from a book? That would surely make it easier",
+    [
+     %% {Name,     ShortOpt,  LongOpt,       ArgSpec,               HelpMsg}
+     {help,        $?,        "help",        undefined,             "Show the program options"},
+     {username,    $U,        "username",    {string, CurrentUser}, "Username to connect to the database"},
+     {password,    $P,        "password",    string,                LongHelp},
+     {host,        $h,        "host",        {string, "localhost"}, "Database server host name or IP address"},
+     {port,        $p,        "port",        {integer, 1000},       "Database server port"},
+     {output_file, $o,        "output-file", string,                "File where the data will be saved to"},
+     {xml,         $x,        "xml",         undefined,             "Output data as XML"},
+     {verbose,     $v,        "verbose",     integer,               "Verbosity level"},
+     {dbname,      undefined, undefined,     string,                "Database name"}
+    ].