          MODULE=Getopt-Long
         VERSION=2.38
          SOURCE=$MODULE-$VERSION.tar.gz
      SOURCE_URL=http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/J/JV/JV/
      SOURCE_VFY=sha1:5daf0f2e539c0683c8400f277ba10618c893970b
        WEB_SITE=http://search.cpan.org/~jv/Getopt-Long/
         ENTERED=20070604
         UPDATED=20090618
           SHORT="an extended getopt function"

cat << EOF
This function implements the POSIX standard for command
line options, with GNU extensions, while still capable of handling
the traditional one-letter options.
In general, this means that command line options can have long names
instead of single letters, and are introduced with a double dash
EOF
