No, all the args start with a single ‘-‘. For example, with the following code: po::options_description desc; desc.add_options() ( "config-file", po::value< std::string >( & strConfigFile )->default_value( defaultConfigFilePath.native_file_string() ) ); I am able to call my program with a –config-file my_config_file.cfg command line. Alexandre _____ De : boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-users-bounces@lists.boost.org] De la part de Guy Peled Envoyé : jeudi 5 janvier 2006 17:21 À : boost-users@lists.boost.org Objet : [Boost-users] [Boost.Program_options] Is there a way to have alloptions specifiedwith a single dash instead of double? I'm interested in switching over the command line processing of an existing tool to use program_options. However, all of the args are of the format '-foo -bar -whatever 1' etc. As far as I can tell from the docs it seems like by default the program_options library assumes args all start with a '--' or have single character short names that start with a single dash. Is there a way to coerce it into the behavior I'm looking for? Thanks for any tips! Guy. _________________________________________________________________ Guy Peled Email gpeled@nvidia.com 3D/Tools Architect 408-486-2505 nVIDIA 2701 San Tomas Expressway <file:///\\www.nvidia.com> www.nvidia.com Santa Clara, CA 95050 _________________________________________________________________