Just discovered the arg variable, use it and rename parseArgs() to just parse().

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/_.lua b/_.lua
index 88100aa..390d6d1 100755
--- a/_.lua
+++ b/_.lua
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ E = function(s)	print('ERROR    ' .. s); io.flush() end
 C = function(s) print('CRITICAL ' .. s); io.flush() end
 
 
-_.parseArgs = function(options, args)
+_.parse = function(args, options)
 --[[ TODO - use this for config files as well.
     An optional argument, the base config file name to look for.  In this order, with later ones overriding earlier ones -
         defaults from the options table
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ _.parseArgs = function(options, args)
 ]]
     local o = nil
     if 0 ~= #args then
-        for i,a in pairs(args) do
+        for i,a in ipairs(args) do
             local s, e = a:find("=")
             if nil == s then e = 0 end
             opt = a:sub(1, e - 1)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ _.parseArgs = function(options, args)
         for k, v in pairs(options) do
             h = h .. k .. ' | '
         end
-        print('Usage: aataaj.lua {' .. string.sub(h, 1, -2) .. '}')
+        print('Usage: ' .. args[0] .. ' {' .. string.sub(h, 1, -2) .. '}')
         os.exit(0)
     end
 end
diff --git a/aataaj.lua b/aataaj.lua
index 06077c2..6108dd5 100755
--- a/aataaj.lua
+++ b/aataaj.lua
@@ -143,8 +143,7 @@ local options =
     ['--help'] = {help},
 }
 
-local args = {...}
-_.parseArgs(options, args)
+_.parse(arg, options)
 
 
 
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ for  i,l in ipairs(cards.lines) do
                 Cards[l]['devs'][n] = n
                 print("\tFound playback device " .. Cards[l].card - 1 .. " : " .. Cards[l]['name'] .. "\tDEVICE: " .. Cards[l]['playbackDevs'][j] .. ' ' .. n)
                 io.flush()
-                if 'JACK' ~= args[1] then
+                if 'JACK' ~= arg[1] then
                     print('\t\tALSA_CARD=' .. Cards[l].card - 1 .. ' ' .. speaker .. ' "Found playback device ' .. Cards[l].card - 1 .. ' : ' .. Cards[l]['name'] .. ' DEVICE: ' .. Cards[l]['playbackDevs'][j] .. ' ' .. n .. '"')
                     io.flush()
                 end
@@ -221,7 +220,7 @@ print('')
 io.flush()
 
 
-if 'start' == args[1] then
+if 'start' == arg[1] then
     __('mkdir -p ' .. asoundrcPath):Do()
     local a, e = io.open(asoundrcPath .. '/jack-plumbing', "w")
     if nil == a then print("Could not open " .. asoundrcPath .. '/jack-plumbing') else
@@ -391,7 +390,7 @@ pcm.!default {
             ]])
         a:close()
     end
-elseif 'JACK' == args[1] then
+elseif 'JACK' == arg[1] then
     print('')
     print("Start up JACK and friends.")
     print("jack_control")
diff --git a/test_.lua b/test_.lua
index e4448d2..d29a433 100755
--- a/test_.lua
+++ b/test_.lua
@@ -55,8 +55,7 @@ local options =
     ['--help'] = {help},
 }
 
-local args = {...}
-_.parseArgs(options, args)
+_.parse(arg, options)
 
 
 
@@ -137,7 +136,12 @@ print(__'command NoSuchCommand':log():show():Do().status)
 --__'qpdfview':forkOnce()
 --__'qpdfview':forkOnce()
 
+print('')
+
+for i,a in ipairs(arg) do print('arg[' .. i .. '] = ' .. a) end
+print('')
+for k,a in  pairs(arg) do print('arg[' .. k .. '] = ' .. a) end
 
 __'date':log():show():Do()
 __'date; sleep 5; date':log():show():Do()
-print('')
+