Programming

int main ( int argc, char **argv) {
  int option_index = 0;
  char *fname = "./commands";

  if(argc == 1){ 
	  //pass: error defined in file_open function.
	  file_open(fname);
  } 
  
while(optind < argc) {
  if(( option_index = getopt(argc, argv, "f:h:u:p:k:o:w:e")) != -1){	
   switch(option_index){
     case 'f':
       file_open(optarg);	     
       break;	     
     case 'h':
       host_open(optarg);
       break;
     case 'u':
       user_open(optarg);
       break;
     case 'p':
       port_open(optarg);
       break;
     case 'w':
       pass_open(optarg);
       break;
     default:
      usage();
      break;
     } 
   }
   else {
      file_open(fname);
      optind++;
   }
}
  
  return 0;
}

void args(char *howmany, ...){
  
  va_list ap;
  char *host, *user, *pass, *port;
  va_start(ap, howmany);
  
  while(*howmany) { 
     switch(*(howmany++)){
	     case 'h':
		host = va_arg(ap, char *);		
		printf("%s\n", host);
		break;
	     case 'u':
		user = va_arg(ap, char *);
		printf("%s\n", user);
		break;
	     case 'w':
		pass = va_arg(ap, char *);
		printf("%s\n", pass);
		break;
	     case 'p':
	        port = va_arg(ap, char *);
	        printf("%s\n", port);
	        break;
	     }	
  }

  va_end(ap);  

}

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdarg.h>

void argfunction(char *howmany, ...);

int main(void) {
        argfunction("abc", "atext", "btext", "ctext");
        return(0);
}

void argfunction(char *howmany, ...)
{
        int n=0;
        // Never forget the NULLs, they convert mysterious "why" errors
        //  into "oh, I forgot to assign X" errors
        char *host=NULL, *user=NULL, *pass=NULL, *port=NULL;
        int argc=0;
        char *argv[16];
        va_list ap; // IIRC ap should always be the very last variable declared in a function.
        va_start(ap, howmany);

        argv[0]=""; // just tradition, argv[0] in main() is not an argument

        // checks howmany[0], assigns argv[1].
        // checks howmany[1], assigs argv[2], etc.
        while((argc<(16-2))&&howmany[argc++]) argv[argc]=va_arg(ap, char *);

        argv[argc]=NULL;         // Also traditional that argv[argc] be NULL.

        va_end(ap);

        printf("Howmany is: %s\n", howmany);
        printf("Arguments are:\n");
        for(n=1; n<argc; n++)
                printf("\t%d\t%s\n", n, argv[n]);

        optind=1; // This is global, so reset it

        // You now have argv, argc, and optind just like main to feed getopt with.
}

$ ./basic -dp -s "more stuff" blah
./basic: missing -f option
usage: ./basic [-dmp] -f fname [-s sname] name [name ...]