       #include <stdio.h>     /* for printf */
       #include <stdlib.h>    /* for exit */
       #include <getopt.h>

       int
       main (int argc, char **argv) {
           int c;
           int digit_optind = 0;

           while (1) {
               int this_option_optind = optind ? optind : 1;
               int option_index = 0;
               static struct option long_options[] = {
                   {"add", 1, 0, 0},
                   {"append", 0, 0, 0},
                   {"delete", 1, 0, 0},
                   {"verbose", 0, 0, 0},
                   {"create", 1, 0, 'c'},
                   {"file", 1, 0, 0},
                   {0, 0, 0, 0}
               };

               c = getopt_long_only (argc, argv, "abc:d:012",
                        long_options, &option_index);
               if (c == -1)
                   break;

               switch (c) {
               case 0:
                   printf ("option %s", long_options[option_index].name);
                   if (optarg)
                       printf (" with arg %s", optarg);
                   printf ("\n");
                   break;

               case '0':
               case '1':
               case '2':
                   if (digit_optind != 0 && digit_optind != this_option_optind)
                     printf ("digits occur in two different argv-elements.\n");
                   digit_optind = this_option_optind;
                   printf ("option %c\n", c);
                   break;

               case 'a':
                   printf ("option a\n");
                   break;

               case 'b':
                   printf ("option b\n");
                   break;

               case 'c':
                   printf ("option c with value `%s'\n", optarg);
                   break;

               case 'd':
                   printf ("option d with value `%s'\n", optarg);
                   break;

               case '?':
                   break;

               default:
                   printf ("?? getopt returned character code 0%o ??\n", c);
               }
           }

           if (optind < argc) {
               printf ("non-option ARGV-elements: ");
               while (optind < argc)
                   printf ("%s ", argv[optind++]);
               printf ("\n");
           }

           exit (0);
       }

