I'm using Getopt::Long, like this:
my($dir, $year, $start, $delay);
GetOptions (
'dir=s' => \$dir,
'year=i' => \$year,
'start:i' => \$start,
'delay:i' => \$delay
);
And when I call my script like this:
scriptname --dir foo --year 2007 --delay 30
everything is fine.
When I call it like this, with the options in a different order, it dies:
scriptname --dir foo --delay 30 --year 2007
Option year requires an argument
But if I add an equals sign, it's OK:
scriptname --dir foo --delay 30 --year=2007
I can't figure out what's going on by referring to the module's documentation on CPAN. TIA.
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