getopt.h: Compiling Linux C-Code in Windows

Question

I am trying to get a set of nine *.c files (and nine related *.h files) to compile under Windows.

The code was originally designed in Linux to take command line argu

Answer 1

From what I remember of getopt.h, all it does is provide a handy parser for processing argv from your main function:

int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
}

Windows console programs still have a main method, so you can simply loop through your argv array and parse the parameters yourself. e.g.

for ( int i = 1; i < argc; i++ )
{
  if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-f"))
    filename = argv[++i];
}