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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
@ignore
Documentation for the argp argument parser
- Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
Written by Miles Bader <miles@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ in @var{flags}, calling @code{argp_parse} may result in the program
exiting---for instance when an unknown option is encountered.
@xref{Program Termination}.
+If @var{arg_index} is non-NULL, the index of the first unparsed option
+in @var{argv} is returned in it.
+
The return value is zero for successful parsing, or a unix error code
(@pxref{Error Codes}) if an error was detected. Different argp parsers
may return arbitrary error codes, but standard ones are @code{ENOMEM} if
@@ -401,7 +404,7 @@ this parser function, or a unix error code if a real error occurred
@deftypevr Macro int ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN
Argp parser functions should return @code{ARGP_ERR_UNKNOWN} for any
@var{key} value they do not recognize, or for non-option arguments
-(@code{@var{key} == ARGP_KEY_ARG}) that they do not which to handle.
+(@code{@var{key} == ARGP_KEY_ARG}) that they do not wish to handle.
@end deftypevr
@need 3000
@@ -554,7 +557,7 @@ Some non-option argument was unrecognized.
This occurs when every parser function returns @code{ARGP_KEY_UNKNOWN}
for an argument, in which case parsing stops at that argument. If a
-non-zero value for @var{arg_index} was passed to @code{argp_parse}, the
+non-NULL value for @var{arg_index} was passed to @code{argp_parse}, the
index of this argument is returned in it, otherwise an error occurs.
@end table