#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>

extern char     *optarg;
extern int      optind,opterr;

static char		theString[256];
char     *optarg=(char*) theString;
int      optind=1,opterr=1;


char getopt( int	argc, char	*argv[], char *format )
{
	char theOption;
	char *p;
	
	if ( argv[optind]==NULL ) return EOF;
	
	if ( argv[optind][0]=='-' )
	{
		if ( argv[optind][1]==0x00 ) return '?';


		if ( (p=strchr( format, ( int )argv[optind][1]))==NULL )
		{
			if( opterr != 0 )
			fprintf(stderr,"%s:\tillegal option -- %c\n",argv[0],argv[optind][1]);
			fflush(stderr);
			optind++;
			return '?';
		}
												
		if ( *(p+1) == ':' )
		{
			optind++;
			
			if (argv[optind]==NULL)
			{
				if( opterr != 0 )
				fprintf(stderr,"%s:\toption requires an argument -- %c\n",
													argv[0],argv[optind-1][1]);
				fflush(stderr);
				return EOF;
			}
			else
			{
				strcpy(optarg,argv[optind]);
			}
		}
		optind++;
		return(*p);
	}
	else return EOF;	
}