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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
+To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org\r
+Subject: [PATCH 2/4] notmuch-dump: convert to command-line-arguments\r
+Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 08:34:38 -0400\r
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+From: David Bremner <bremner@debian.org>\r
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+The output file is handled via positional arguments. There are\r
+currently no "normal" options.\r
+---\r
+ notmuch-dump.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------\r
+ 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)\r
+\r
+diff --git a/notmuch-dump.c b/notmuch-dump.c\r
+index a490917..c568734 100644\r
+--- a/notmuch-dump.c\r
++++ b/notmuch-dump.c\r
+@@ -41,27 +41,34 @@ notmuch_dump_command (unused (void *ctx), int argc, char *argv[])\r
+ if (notmuch == NULL)\r
+ return 1;\r
+ \r
+- argc--; argv++; /* skip subcommand argument */\r
++ char *output_file_name = NULL;\r
++ int opt_index;\r
+ \r
+- if (argc && strcmp (argv[0], "--") != 0) {\r
++ notmuch_opt_desc_t options[] = {\r
++ { "out-file", 'o', NOTMUCH_OPT_POSITION, 0, &output_file_name },\r
++ { 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 }\r
++ };\r
++\r
++ opt_index = parse_arguments (argc, argv, options, 1);\r
++\r
++ if (opt_index < 0) {\r
++ /* diagnostics already printed */\r
++ exit(1);\r
++ }\r
++\r
++ if (output_file_name) {\r
+ fprintf (stderr, "Warning: the output file argument of dump is deprecated.\n");\r
+- output = fopen (argv[0], "w");\r
++ output = fopen (output_file_name, "w");\r
+ if (output == NULL) {\r
+ fprintf (stderr, "Error opening %s for writing: %s\n",\r
+- argv[0], strerror (errno));\r
++ output_file_name, strerror (errno));\r
+ return 1;\r
+ }\r
+- argc--;\r
+- argv++;\r
+ }\r
+ \r
+- if (argc && strcmp (argv[0], "--") == 0){\r
+- argc--;\r
+- argv++;\r
+- }\r
+ \r
+- if (argc) {\r
+- query_str = query_string_from_args (notmuch, argc, argv);\r
++ if (opt_index < argc) {\r
++ query_str = query_string_from_args (notmuch, argc-opt_index, argv+opt_index);\r
+ if (query_str == NULL) {\r
+ fprintf (stderr, "Out of memory.\n");\r
+ return 1;\r
+-- \r
+1.7.7.3\r
+\r