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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# arguments.sh - handle common arguments
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>
+#
+# live-helper comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details see COPYING.
+# This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
+# under certain conditions; see COPYING for details.
+
+Arguments ()
+{
+	ARGUMENTS="$(getopt --longoptions breakpoints,conffile:,debug,force,help,quiet,usage,verbose,version --name=${PROGRAM} --options c:huv --shell sh -- "${@}")"
+
+	if [ "${?}" != "0" ]
+	then
+		Echo_error "terminating" >&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	eval set -- "${ARGUMENTS}"
+
+	while true
+	do
+		case "${1}" in
+			--breakpoints)
+				_BREAKPOINTS="enabled"
+				shift
+				;;
+
+			-c|--conffile)
+				_CONFFILE="${2}"
+				shift 2
+				;;
+
+			--debug)
+				_DEBUG="enabled"
+				shift
+				;;
+
+			--force)
+				_FORCE="enabled"
+				shift
+				;;
+
+			-h|--help)
+				Man
+				shift
+				;;
+
+			--quiet)
+				_QUIET="enabled"
+				shift
+				;;
+
+			-u|--usage)
+				Usage
+				shift
+				;;
+
+			--verbose)
+				_VERBOSE="enabled"
+				shift
+				;;
+
+			-v|--version)
+				Version
+				shift
+				;;
+
+			--)
+				shift
+				break
+				;;
+
+			*)
+				Echo_error "internal error %s" "${0}"
+				exit 1
+				;;
+		esac
+	done
+}