I'd like to implement subcommands to my program. I also need the ability to have different argument options for different subcommands. What's the best way to do this using Boost.Program_options? S...

I have a boost::program_options::variables_map args. Now I want to insert into this map manually like a key-value pair. Example: boost::program_options::variables_map args args["document"] = "A"...

clang-format seems to make a big mess out of blocks like this: desc.add_options()("help", "output usage") ("inputDirectory", po::value<boost::filesystem::path>()->required(), "The input ...

I am currently trying to rework some code that was handed down to me. The original point of the code is to read a configuration file, and to set up the different options in the file in a boost::pro...

In the boost tutorials online for program options : http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_39_0/doc/html/program_options/tutorial.html#id2891824 It says that the complete code examples can be found at "B...

//Using boost program options to read command line and config file data #include <boost/program_options.hpp> using namespace std; using namespace boost; namespace po = boost::program_opti...

I want to implement a command-line like interface inside my program. So I receive strings that follow the normal command-line syntax (e.g. "-G foo -dp bar --help"). As I don't want to implement the...

That's the question. Why would I use implicit_value over default_value and vice versa? Thanks!

po::options_description desc("This are the options that are available"); desc.add_options()("help", "print help")( "deer", po::value<uint32_t>(), "set how many deer you want")( "rating", p...

We are currently investigating a possible undefined behaviour in our program that is flagged by clang7 UBSan in combination with boost::program_option from boost 1.69.0. We have created the followi...

When you use Boost library program_options it is very easy to print help for your program: boost::program_options::variables_map options; boost::program_options::options_description optionsDesc; b...

I am using Boost program_options to parse a config file in the standard way as shown in the multiple_sources.cpp example file of program_options. ifstream ini_file("config.ini"); po::store(po:...

When I type a.out -i file0 file1 at the command line, I want the option -i to receive both file0 and file1 But, -i only receive file0 but not file1 But, I found that I had to type a.out -i file0 -...

I want to parse multiple command line arguments using boost::program_options. However, some arguments are strings enclosed in double quotes. This is what I have - void processCommands(int argc, ch...

Some boost libraries are header-only, some are not, and for various reasons etc. Is there a specific reason/design decision why Boost.ProgramOptions is not header-only? I'm wondering becaus...

With program options, I am checking valid combinations of arguments. But for some reason, gpu argument is a bool and it is always true regardless if I set it to false on the command line. Is there ...

I'm using boost::program_options to get parameters from a config file. i understand that i can create a file by hand and program options will parse it. but i'm looking for a way for the program to...

Is there any way of making program options dependent on other options using boost::program_options? For example, my program can accept the following sample arguments: wifi --scan --interface=en0 ...

I am on Ubuntu 14.04, using CMake and CLion. I am trying to use Program Options, with the following code taken from an example in their documentation: #include <iostream> #include <boost/...

I have the following boost::program_options program. boost::program_options::options_description opts("Allowed options"); opts.add_options() ("help", "produce help message"), ("mingw", boost::pr...

I have a boost::program_options option that successfully parses the desired input options into a vector, but I'm not seeing how to also give it a default value. Example: base.add_options() ("vect...

When using boost::program_options, how do I set the name of an argument for boost::program_options::value<>()? #include <iostream> #include <boost/program_options.hpp> int main(...

I would like to make a positional, list program option with boost_program_options that do not allow named program options (like --files). I have the following snippet of code: #include <boost/...

I've been trying to validate my passed options with boost::program_options. My command has several modes, each of which have associated params that can be specified. What I'm trying to do is ensure...

I can not seem to be able to read from config file multitoken options like I can from command line. What is the syntax for the config file? This is how the option description is added: //parser.c...