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7.3.2 ‘global_options()’ ¶

The ‘global_options()’ function is a simple convenience call to include flags that can be used inside most ‘cpt’ tools. It defines the following flags:

Flag	Long Option	Calls
-f	--force	‘CPT_FORCE’
-y	--no-prompt	‘CPT_PROMPT’
	--root	‘CPT_ROOT’
-h	--help	‘usage()’
-v	--version	‘version()’
	--verbose	‘CPT_VERBOSE’

This function can take two arguments:

‘silent’

If this argument is specified, the function does not print the usage information defined by its flags.

‘compact’

If this argument is specified, the function only prints the help output of the --help and --version flags.