# This file is part of Ansible
#
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from optparse import OptionParser
import sys
import constants as C

def base_ans_parser():
    parser = OptionParser()
    parser.add_option("-l", "--host-list", dest="host_list",
        help="path to hosts list", default=C.DEFAULT_HOST_LIST)
    parser.add_option("-m", "--module-path", dest="module_path",
        help="path to module library", default=C.DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH)
    parser.add_option('-u', '--user', default=C.DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER, 
        dest='remote_user', help='set the default username')
    parser.add_option("-p", "--pattern", dest="pattern",
        help="hostname pattern", default=C.DEFAULT_PATTERN)
    parser.add_option("-k", "--askpass", default=False, action="store_true",
        help="ask the user to input the ssh password for connecting")
    parser.add_option('-f','--forks', dest='forks', default=C.DEFAULT_FORKS, type='int',
        help='set the number of forks to start up')
    return parser

# other functions as needed for nicely handling output from json back
# to things people might be more inclined to deal with at a bash prompt


def error_print(msg):
    print >> sys.stderr, msg