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+/* 
+** Distributed under the terms of the Haiku License.
+*/
+#ifndef _GETOPT_H
+#define _GETOPT_H
+
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+
+/* This header defines the available GNU extensions to the getopt() functionality */
+
+struct option {
+	const char	*name;
+	int			has_arg;
+	int			*flag;
+	int			val;
+};
+
+/* Options for the "has_arg" field */
+
+#define no_argument			0
+#define required_argument	1
+#define optional_argument	2
+
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+extern int getopt_long(int argc, char * const *argv, const char *shortOptions,
+				const struct option *longOptions, int *_longIndex);
+extern int getopt_long_only(int argc, char * const *argv, const char *shortOptions,
+				const struct option *longOptions, int *_longIndex);
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif	/* _GETOPT_H */