optionOnlyUsage(3) Programmer's Manual optionOnlyUsage(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

optionOnlyUsage - Print usage text for just the options

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

#include <*your-opts.h*>  
cc \[...] -o outfile infile.c -l**opts** \[...]

void **optionOnlyUsage**(tOptions * *pOpts*, int *ex\_code*);

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This routine will print only the usage for each option. This function may be used when the emitted usage must incorporate information not available to AutoOpts.

[*pOpts*](#pOpts)

program options descriptor

[*ex\_code*](#ex_code)

exit code for calling [exit(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/exit.3)

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

The *info* documentation for the -l*opts* library.  
[ao\_string\_tokenize(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/ao_string_tokenize.3), [configFileLoad(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/configFileLoad.3), [optionFileLoad(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionFileLoad.3), [optionFindNextValue(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionFindNextValue.3), [optionFindValue(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionFindValue.3), [optionFree(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionFree.3), [optionGetValue(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionGetValue.3), [optionLoadLine(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionLoadLine.3), [optionMemberList(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionMemberList.3), [optionNextValue(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionNextValue.3), [optionPrintVersion(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionPrintVersion.3), [optionPrintVersionAndReturn(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionPrintVersionAndReturn.3), [optionProcess(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionProcess.3), [optionRestore(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionRestore.3), [optionSaveFile(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionSaveFile.3), [optionSaveState(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionSaveState.3), [optionUnloadNested(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionUnloadNested.3), [optionVersion(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/optionVersion.3), [strequate(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/strequate.3), [streqvcmp(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/streqvcmp.3), [streqvmap(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/streqvmap.3), [strneqvcmp(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/strneqvcmp.3), [strtransform(3)](/man/enterprise-packages/autogen/strtransform.3),

2026-10-31

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