#!/bin/sh
# call with --basedir=x --datadir=y --pid-file=z
parse_arguments() {
  for arg do
    case "$arg" in
      --basedir=*)  basedir=`echo "$arg" | sed -e 's/^[^=]*=//'` ;;
      --datadir=*)  datadir=`echo "$arg" | sed -e 's/^[^=]*=//'` ;;
      --pid-file=*) pid_file=`echo "$arg" | sed -e 's/^[^=]*=//'` ;;
    esac
  done
}
# $@ is all the arguments; shell will expand
parse_arguments $@ 
echo $basedir
echo $datadir
echo $pid_file