CONFIG_GETOPT

Geopt library support

Type: bool

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This option adds support of getopt.
Different shell backends are use their own instance of getopt to
not interfere with each other.
All not shell threads share one global instance of getopt state, hence
apart from shell this library is not thread safe. User can add support
for other threads by extending function getopt_state_get in
getopt_common.c file.
This option enables the following function: getopt.

Defaults

No defaults. Implicitly defaults to n.

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Kconfig definition

At <Library>/posix/getopt/Kconfig:5

Included via Kconfig:8Kconfig.zephyr:43<Library>/Kconfig:12<Library>/posix/Kconfig:4

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menuconfig GETOPT
    bool "Geopt library support"
    help
      This option adds support of getopt.
      Different shell backends are use their own instance of getopt to
      not interfere with each other.
      All not shell threads share one global instance of getopt state, hence
      apart from shell this library is not thread safe. User can add support
      for other threads by extending function getopt_state_get in
      getopt_common.c file.
      This option enables the following function: getopt.

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