If I have an option that looks like this: options_description desc("options"); desc.add_options()("server,s",value<string>(&server),""); I know this can parse the following options: --server arg -s arg but how can I also parse the following automatically: -server arg /server arg Is there a style flag to set? I looked at the documentation but I'm a little confused by all the style_t flags. or do I have to write a "additional parser"? thanks, -Santosh btw: i'm using 1.33.1 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com