I'm using the Clap crate for parsing command line parameters. I've defined a subcommand ls
that should list files. Clap also defines a help
subcommand that displays information about the application and its usage.
If no command is provided, nothing gets displayed at all, but I want the app to display help in that case.
I've tried this code, which looks pretty straightforward, but it doesn't work:
extern crate clap;
use clap::{App, SubCommand};
fn main() {
let mut app = App::new("myapp")
.version("0.0.1")
.about("My first CLI APP")
.subcommand(SubCommand::with_name("ls").about("List anything"));
let matches = app.get_matches();
if let Some(cmd) = matches.subcommand_name() {
match cmd {
"ls" => println!("List something here"),
_ => eprintln!("unknown command"),
}
} else {
app.print_long_help();
}
}
I get an error that app
is used after move:
error[E0382]: use of moved value: `app`
--> src/main.rs:18:9
|
10 | let matches = app.get_matches();
| --- value moved here
...
18 | app.print_long_help();
| ^^^ value used here after move
|
= note: move occurs because `app` has type `clap::App<'_, '_>`, which does not implement the `Copy` trait
Reading through the documentation of Clap, I've found that the clap::ArgMatches
that's returned in get_matches()
has a method usage
that returns the string for usage part, but, unfortunately, only this part and nothing else.
Use clap::AppSettings::ArgRequiredElseHelp
:
App::new("myprog")
.setting(AppSettings::ArgRequiredElseHelp)
See also: