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#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
appname v1.0.1 Copyright(c) 2008; Me, Inc.

Description of the program

usage:  appname [-g config ]
-g			config file (default is /usr/local/etc/mcp.conf)
"""

import os, sys, time, string, traceback

def _banner():
"""
Displays a banner announcing what this program is and what it does.
"""

import string

doc = string.split( __doc__, '
' )
s = doc[1] + '
' + doc[3]
n = 4
while doc[n][:6] != 'usage:':
s = s + '
' + doc[n]
n = n + 1

return s + '
'

def _usage():
"""
Displays the command line arguments for this application.
"""

import string

print _banner()

doc = string.split( __doc__, '
' )
n = 0
while ( doc[n][:6] != 'usage:' ):
n = n + 1

s = doc[n]
n = n + 1
while ( len(doc[n]) ):
s = s + '
' + doc[n]
n = n + 1

return s + '
'

def _processOpts():

# Process command line options
import getopt, sys
try:
# If the option takes a parameter, don't forget to add
# a colon immediately after the parameter.
opts, args = getopt.getopt( sys.argv[1:], "g:", "" )
except:
print _usage()
sys.exit( 1 )

config = 'config.file'

for o, a in opts:

if o == "-g":
config = a
else:
# we don't know this command line option
print _usage()
sys.exit( 1 )

return config

# If this module is being run as the main module
if __name__ == "__main__":

# Get our command line options
config = _processOpts()

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