On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Cole Robinson <crobinso@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Similar to the previous patch, prepending 'help' to a partial > command string doesn't cut us any slack. > > $ virsh help pool-define-as --name foo --type dir > error: command 'help' doesn't support option --name > > This patch adds a few hacks to make 'help' ignore everything after the > first data bit, so the above command shows help output for pool-define-as. > --- > tools/virsh.c | 13 ++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/tools/virsh.c b/tools/virsh.c > index 324f789..ab8d6dc 100644 > --- a/tools/virsh.c > +++ b/tools/virsh.c > @@ -1219,8 +1219,10 @@ vshCmddefGetOption(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmdDef *cmd, const char *name, > } > } > > - vshError(ctl, _("command '%s' doesn't support option --%s"), > - cmd->name, name); > + if (STRNEQ(cmd->name, "help")) { > + vshError(ctl, _("command '%s' doesn't support option --%s"), > + cmd->name, name); > + } > return NULL; > } > > @@ -1987,9 +1989,12 @@ vshCommandParse(vshControl *ctl, vshCommandParser *parser) > *optstr = '\0'; /* convert the '=' to '\0' */ > optstr = vshStrdup(ctl, optstr + 1); > } > + /* Special case 'help' to ignore all spurious options */ > if (!(opt = vshCmddefGetOption(ctl, cmd, tkdata + 2, > &opts_seen, &opt_index))) { > VIR_FREE(optstr); > + if (STREQ(cmd->name, "help")) > + continue; > goto syntaxError; > } > VIR_FREE(tkdata); > @@ -2027,8 +2032,10 @@ vshCommandParse(vshControl *ctl, vshCommandParser *parser) > continue; > } else { > get_data: > + /* Special case 'help' to ignore spurious data */ > if (!(opt = vshCmddefGetData(cmd, &opts_need_arg, > - &opts_seen))) { > + &opts_seen)) && > + STRNEQ(cmd->name, "help")) { > vshError(ctl, _("unexpected data '%s'"), tkdata); > goto syntaxError; > } > -- > 1.7.11.2 > Worked for me when I tested it with the previous patches so ACK. -- Doug Goldstein -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list