Greetings,
My company has begun to use the "scd-event" script in our deployment of
GnuPG to employee workstations.
I noticed after reviewing the example script that there are a number of
problems with its implementation. Some of the more glaring concerns include
the following:
1. The `--new-code` option appears twice in the case statement.
2. Option parsing requires `=` for option arguments, but this is not
mentioned in the usage message.
3. The usage message mentions the `--old-code` option twice.
I decided to rewrite this script so that option parsing would be more
robust. I also included a number of fixes for style problems.
To parse the options, I chose to use the GNU `getopt` utility. This tool
allows for long options (thus, we can't use `getopts`). It also allows for
options that are separated by a space or by an `=` character from their
option arguments.
Since I spent the time to make these improvements, I thought I might as well
submit the changes upstream so that others might benefit.
Thanks,
Jason Franklin