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  1. #!/usr/bin/env python
  2. """
  3. appname v1.0.1 Copyright(c) 2008; Me, Inc.
  4.  
  5. Description of the program
  6.  
  7. usage:  appname [-g config ] 
  8. -g			config file (default is /usr/local/etc/mcp.conf)
  9. """
  10.  
  11. import os, sys, time, string, traceback
  12.  
  13. def _banner():
  14. 	"""
  15. 	Displays a banner announcing what this program is and what it does.
  16. 	"""
  17.  
  18. 	import string
  19.  
  20. 	doc = string.split( __doc__, '\n' )
  21. 	s = doc[1] + '\n' + doc[3]
  22. 	n = 4
  23. 	while doc[n][:6] != 'usage:':
  24. 		s = s + '\n' + doc[n]
  25. 		n = n + 1
  26.  
  27. 	return s + '\n'
  28.  
  29.  
  30. def _usage():
  31. 	"""
  32. 	Displays the command line arguments for this application.
  33. 	"""
  34.  
  35. 	import string
  36.  
  37. 	print _banner()
  38.  
  39. 	doc = string.split( __doc__, '\n' )
  40. 	n = 0
  41. 	while ( doc[n][:6] != 'usage:' ):
  42. 		n = n + 1
  43.  
  44. 	s = doc[n]
  45. 	n = n + 1
  46. 	while ( len(doc[n]) ):
  47. 		s = s + '\n' + doc[n]
  48. 		n = n + 1
  49.  
  50. 	return s + '\n'
  51.  
  52. def _processOpts():
  53.  
  54. 	# Process command line options
  55. 	import getopt, sys
  56. 	try:
  57. 		# If the option takes a parameter, don't forget to add
  58. 		# a colon immediately after the parameter.
  59. 		opts, args = getopt.getopt( sys.argv[1:], "g:", "" )
  60. 	except:
  61. 		print _usage()
  62. 		sys.exit( 1 )
  63.  
  64. 	config = 'config.file'
  65.  
  66. 	for o, a in opts:
  67.  
  68. 		if o == "-g":
  69. 			config = a
  70. 		else:
  71. 			# we don't know this command line option
  72. 			print _usage()
  73. 			sys.exit( 1 )	
  74.  
  75. 	return config
  76.  
  77.  
  78. # If this module is being run as the main module
  79. if __name__ == "__main__":
  80.  
  81. 	# Get our command line options
  82. 	config = _processOpts()

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