Argp Global Variables (The GNU C Library)

#### 26.3.2 Argp Global Variables ¶

These variables make it easy for user programs to implement the ‘`--version`’ option and provide a bug-reporting address in the ‘`--help`’ output. These are implemented in argp by default.

Variable: `const char *` argp_program_version ¶

  If defined or set by the user program to a non-zero value, then a ‘`--version`’ option is added when parsing with `argp_parse`, which will print the ‘`--version`’ string followed by a newline and exit. The exception to this is if the `ARGP_NO_EXIT` flag is used.

Variable: `const char *` argp_program_bug_address ¶

  If defined or set by the user program to a non-zero value, `argp_program_bug_address` should point to a string that will be printed at the end of the standard output for the ‘`--help`’ option, embedded in a sentence that says ‘`Report bugs to address.`’.

Variable: argp_program_version_hook ¶

  If defined or set by the user program to a non-zero value, a ‘`--version`’ option is added when parsing with `arg_parse`, which prints the program version and exits with a status of zero. This is not the case if the `ARGP_NO_HELP` flag is used. If the `ARGP_NO_EXIT` flag is set, the exit behavior of the program is suppressed or modified, as when the argp parser is going to be used by other programs.

  It should point to a function with this type of signature:

      void print-version (FILE *stream, struct argp_state *state)

  See Argp Parsing State, for an explanation of state.

  This variable takes precedence over `argp_program_version`, and is useful if a program has version information not easily expressed in a simple string.

Variable: `error_t` argp_err_exit_status ¶

  This is the exit status used when argp exits due to a parsing error. If not defined or set by the user program, this defaults to: `EX_USAGE` from `<sysexits.h>`.