= pickled_optparse

Allows a programmer to easily add required switches to a Ruby app using the built-in OptionParser class.

To make a switch required simple add the symbol :required anywhere in the list of options like so:

opts.on("-f [foo]", String, :required, "Required option") do |option| @options[:foo] = option end

Then at the end of your OptionParser block add something like this:

if opts.missing_switches? puts opts.missing_switches puts opts exit end

You of course need to require the "pickled_optparse" gem but that's it. You don't need to require the opt_parse file because that's already handled for you.

For a complete usage example see the examples/example.rb file.

== Note on Patches/Pull Requests

• Fork the project.
• Make your feature addition or bug fix.
• Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
• Commit, do not mess with rakefile, version, or history. (if you want to have your own version, that is fine but bump version in a commit by itself I can ignore when I pull)
• Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

== Copyright

Copyright (c) 2010 Mike Bethany. See LICENSE for details.