getopt and multiple options

I'm having a problem with getopt where it won't accept multiple options.

Let's say I have this:

./program -a <optarg> -b <optarg>

getopt only seems to recognize and return the first switch (-a) and totally ignores the second (-b).

Perhaps I'm overlooking something?

Edit: Nevermind! The counter in my loop was set wrongly.

you call getopt in a loop and it returns the next arg or if there aren't any then -1 is returned.

Hi

are you looking for something like this ?

Code:

        const char *s_option="hi:n:p:v";
        const struct option l_option[]={
                 { "help",      0, NULL, 'h'},
                 { "ip",        1, NULL, 'i'},
                 { "nm",        1, NULL, 'n'},
                 { "port",      1, NULL, 'p'},
                 { "version",   0, NULL, 'v'},
        };

// Now, looking for the supplied arguments and options
        do {
                n_opt=getopt_long(argc,argv,s_option,l_option,NULL);
                switch(n_opt){
                        case 'h':
                        case '?':
                                usage(argv[0],0);
                                break;
                        case 'i':
                                printf("i\n%s\n",optarg);
                                break;
                        case 'n':
                                printf("n\n%s\n",optarg);
                                break;
                        case 'p':
                                printf("p\n%s\n",optarg);
                                break;
                       case 'v':
                                printf(" %s version %s\n",argv[0],VERSION_INFO);                                                     exit(0);
                        case -1:
                                break;
                        default:
                                abort();
                } /* switch */
        } while (n_opt!=-1);

a small modified part from one of my codes...