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== Prior Art ==
== Prior Art ==


* Microsoft [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aew9yb99(VS.85).aspx WScript.Shell] object.
* Microsoft [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ss1ysb2a(VS.85).aspx WshArguments] object in the Windows Schript Host environment.
 
** [http://code.google.com/p/curlie/source/browse/trunk/curlIE.wsf?spec=svn9&r=7#39 CommandLine object], by Olivier Mengué, a generic API to Unix-style parsed arguments with a concrete JavaScript implementation on top of WshArguments ([http://code.google.com/p/curlie/source/browse/trunk/curlIE.wsf?spec=svn9&r=7#163 CScriptCommandLine]).
* Python's [http://docs.python.org/library/optparse.html optparse] module provides a reasonably powerful, flexible and full-featured option parser
* Python's [http://docs.python.org/library/optparse.html optparse] module provides a reasonably powerful, flexible and full-featured option parser

Revision as of 22:44, 1 June 2009

Command line processing

Many server-side tools use a command line as their interface, and there should be a high-level way to deal with the arguments.

Prior Art

  • Microsoft WshArguments object in the Windows Schript Host environment.
  • Python's optparse module provides a reasonably powerful, flexible and full-featured option parser