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

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