On Jul 23, 2018, at 11:37 AM, Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Jul 20, 2018, at 10:12 AM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Doesn’t this mean that all other command line parameters with values are to be generated with equal sign?
>
> It's a requirement for any parameter where the value is optional.
>
> It's not a requirement for any parameter where the value is required.
...so, for any non-Boolean parameter specific to your extcap program, *DO NOT MAKE THE ARGUMENT TO THE OPTION OPTIONAL*.
(For Boolean options, the extcap code either passes the option, *without* an argument, if the parameter is true, or doesn't pass the option at all if the parameter is false, so "optional argument" works, even with the *BSD/macOS getopt_long().)
For example, if you're using getopt_long() to parse your arguments, *DO NOT* use optional_argument for *ANY* non-Boolean options.
