Boost.ProgramOptions (1.87.0)

Boost.ProgramOptions

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C++ 11 Added in Boost 1.32.0

Categories: Miscellaneous , IO

The program_options library allows program developers to obtain program options, that is (name, value) pairs from the user, via conventional methods such as command line and config file.

Documentation www.boost.io/doc/libs/1_87_0/libs/program_options/index.html

GitHub Issues github.com/boostorg/program_options/issues

Source Code github.com/boostorg/program_options/tree/boost-1.87.0

This Release

Vladimir Prus

Author

Program Options, part of the collection of Boost C++ Libraries, allows for definition and acquisition of (name, value) pairs from the user via conventional methods such as command line and config file. It is roughly analogous to getopt_long, but for use with C++.

License

Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.

Properties

C++03
Requires Linking

Build Status

(in progress...)

Branch	Travis	Appveyor	codecov.io	Deps	Docs	Tests
`master`
`develop`

Directories

Name	Purpose
`build`	build script for link library
`ci`	continuous integration scripts
`doc`	documentation
`example`	use case examples
`include`	headers
`src`	source code for link library
`test`	unit tests

More information

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