POSIX style

The named "POSIX" style is regarding command line style.

 

POSIX is some program under UNIX  platform, and we call the command line style "POSIX" style which is the same as those programs. This style is used common in GNU.

 

For example, we input "--help" in GNU but not "help" or "-h".

 

more detail : http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Command_002dLine-Interfaces.html

 

To parse the "POSIX" style options, the library program_options of boost can help.

 

http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_44_0/doc/html/program_options.html