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#### 25.3.13 Parsing of Suboptions Example

The code which might appear in the `mount`(8) program is a perfect example of the use of `getsubopt`:

         #include <stdio.h>
         #include <stdlib.h>
         #include <unistd.h>

         int do_all;
         const char *type;
         int read_size;
         int write_size;
         int read_only;

         enum
         {
           RO_OPTION = 0,
           RW_OPTION,
           READ_SIZE_OPTION,
           WRITE_SIZE_OPTION,
           THE_END
         };

         const char *mount_opts[] =
         {
           [RO_OPTION] = "ro",
           [RW_OPTION] = "rw",
           [READ_SIZE_OPTION] = "rsize",
           [WRITE_SIZE_OPTION] = "wsize",
           [THE_END] = NULL
         };

         int
         main (int argc, char **argv)
         {
           char *subopts, *value;
           int opt;

           while ((opt = getopt (argc, argv, "at:o:")) != -1)
             switch (opt)
               {
               case 'a':
                 do_all = 1;
                 break;
               case 't':
                 type = optarg;
                 break;
               case 'o':
                 subopts = optarg;
                 while (*subopts != '\0')
                   switch (getsubopt (&subopts, mount_opts, &value))
                     {
                     case RO_OPTION:
                       read_only = 1;
                       break;
                     case RW_OPTION:
                       read_only = 0;
                       break;
                     case READ_SIZE_OPTION:
                       if (value == NULL)
                         abort ();
                       read_size = atoi (value);
                       break;
                     case WRITE_SIZE_OPTION:
                       if (value == NULL)
                         abort ();
                       write_size = atoi (value);
                       break;
                     default:
                       /* Unknown suboption. */
                       printf ("Unknown suboption `%s'\n", value);
                       break;
                     }
                 break;
               default:
                 abort ();
               }

           /* Do the real work. */

           return 0;
         }