The children field in a struct argp enables other argp
parsers to be combined with the referencing one for the parsing of a
single set of arguments. This field should point to a vector of
struct argp_child, which is terminated by an entry having a value
of zero in the argp field.
Where conflicts between combined parsers arise, as when two specify an
option with the same name, the parser conflicts are resolved in favor of
the parent argp parser(s), or the earlier of the argp parsers in the
list of children.
— Data Type: struct argp_child
An entry in the list of subsidiary argp parsers pointed to by the
children field in a struct argp. The fields are as
follows:
const struct argp *argp
The child argp parser, or zero to end of the list.
int flags
Flags for this child.
const char *header
If non-zero, this is an optional header to be printed within help output
before the child options. As a side-effect, a non-zero value forces the
child options to be grouped together. To achieve this effect without
actually printing a header string, use a value of "". As with
header strings specified in an option entry, the conventional value of
the last character is `:'. See Argp Option Vectors.
int group
This is where the child options are grouped relative to the other
`consolidated' options in the parent argp parser. The values are the
same as the group field in struct argp_option. See Argp Option Vectors. All child-groupings follow parent options at a
particular group level. If both this field and header are zero,
then the child's options aren't grouped together, they are merged with
parent options at the parent option group level.
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