1.12 Fix tools incompatibility (#1448)

* fix tools incompatibility with get_option #1443

* Fix get_option function

* Committing clang-format changes

Co-authored-by: github-actions <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

21 files changed, 721 insertions, 501 deletions

diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c b/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c
index ea9812b..d389bba 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.c
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 unsigned           h5tools_nCols    = 80;
 static int         h5tools_d_status = 0;
 static const char *h5tools_progname = "h5tools";
+/* ``get_option'' variables */
+int         opt_err = 1; /*get_option prints errors if this is on */
+int         opt_ind = 1; /*token pointer                          */
+const char *opt_arg;     /*flag argument (or value)               */
 
 /*
  * The output functions need a temporary buffer to hold a piece of the
@@ -158,6 +162,167 @@ help_ref_msg(FILE *output)
     HDfprintf(output, "see the <%s> entry in the 'HDF5 Reference Manual'.\n", h5tools_getprogname());
 }
 
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Function: get_option
+ *
+ * Purpose:  Determine the command-line options a user specified. We can
+ *           accept both short and long type command-lines.
+ *
+ * Return:  Success:    The short valued "name" of the command line
+ *                      parameter or EOF if there are no more
+ *                      parameters to process.
+ *
+ *          Failure:    A question mark.
+ *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+int
+get_option(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char *opts, const struct long_options *l_opts)
+{
+    static int sp      = 1;   /* character index in current token */
+    int        optchar = '?'; /* option character passed back to user */
+
+    if (sp == 1) {
+        /* check for more flag-like tokens */
+        if (opt_ind >= argc || argv[opt_ind][0] != '-' || argv[opt_ind][1] == '\0') {
+            return EOF;
+        }
+        else if (HDstrcmp(argv[opt_ind], "--") == 0) {
+            opt_ind++;
+            return EOF;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (sp == 1 && argv[opt_ind][0] == '-' && argv[opt_ind][1] == '-') {
+        /* long command line option */
+        int        i;
+        const char ch      = '=';
+        char *     arg     = HDstrdup(&argv[opt_ind][2]);
+        size_t     arg_len = 0;
+
+        opt_arg = strchr(&argv[opt_ind][2], ch);
+        arg_len = HDstrlen(&argv[opt_ind][2]);
+        if (opt_arg) {
+            arg_len -= HDstrlen(opt_arg);
+            opt_arg++; /* skip the equal sign */
+        }
+        arg[arg_len] = 0;
+
+        for (i = 0; l_opts && l_opts[i].name; i++) {
+            if (HDstrcmp(arg, l_opts[i].name) == 0) {
+                /* we've found a matching long command line flag */
+                optchar = l_opts[i].shortval;
+
+                if (l_opts[i].has_arg != no_arg) {
+                    if (opt_arg == NULL) {
+                        if (l_opts[i].has_arg != optional_arg) {
+                            if (opt_ind < (argc - 1))
+                                if (argv[opt_ind + 1][0] != '-')
+                                    opt_arg = argv[++opt_ind];
+                        }
+                        else if (l_opts[i].has_arg == require_arg) {
+                            if (opt_err)
+                                HDfprintf(rawerrorstream, "%s: option required for \"--%s\" flag\n", argv[0],
+                                          arg);
+
+                            optchar = '?';
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                else {
+                    if (opt_arg) {
+                        if (opt_err)
+                            HDfprintf(rawerrorstream, "%s: no option required for \"%s\" flag\n", argv[0],
+                                      arg);
+
+                        optchar = '?';
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (l_opts[i].name == NULL) {
+            /* exhausted all of the l_opts we have and still didn't match */
+            if (opt_err)
+                HDfprintf(rawerrorstream, "%s: unknown option \"%s\"\n", argv[0], arg);
+
+            optchar = '?';
+        }
+
+        opt_ind++;
+        sp = 1;
+
+        HDfree(arg);
+    }
+    else {
+        register char *cp; /* pointer into current token */
+
+        /* short command line option */
+        optchar = argv[opt_ind][sp];
+
+        if (optchar == ':' || (cp = HDstrchr(opts, optchar)) == 0) {
+            if (opt_err)
+                HDfprintf(rawerrorstream, "%s: unknown option \"%c\"\n", argv[0], optchar);
+
+            /* if no chars left in this token, move to next token */
+            if (argv[opt_ind][++sp] == '\0') {
+                opt_ind++;
+                sp = 1;
+            }
+            return '?';
+        }
+
+        if (*++cp == ':') {
+            /* if a value is expected, get it */
+            if (argv[opt_ind][sp + 1] != '\0') {
+                /* flag value is rest of current token */
+                opt_arg = &argv[opt_ind++][sp + 1];
+            }
+            else if (++opt_ind >= argc) {
+                if (opt_err)
+                    HDfprintf(rawerrorstream, "%s: value expected for option \"%c\"\n", argv[0], optchar);
+
+                optchar = '?';
+            }
+            else {
+                /* flag value is next token */
+                opt_arg = argv[opt_ind++];
+            }
+
+            sp = 1;
+        }
+        /* wildcard argument */
+        else if (*cp == '*') {
+            /* check the next argument */
+            opt_ind++;
+            /* we do have an extra argument, check if not last */
+            if ((opt_ind + 1) < argc) {
+                if (argv[opt_ind][0] != '-') {
+                    opt_arg = argv[opt_ind++];
+                }
+                else {
+                    opt_arg = NULL;
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                opt_arg = NULL;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            /* set up to look at next char in token, next time */
+            if (argv[opt_ind][++sp] == '\0') {
+                /* no more in current token, so setup next token */
+                opt_ind++;
+                sp = 1;
+            }
+            opt_arg = NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* return the current flag character found */
+    return optchar;
+}
+
 /*****************************************************************************
  *
  * Function: parse_tuple()
diff --git a/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.h b/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.h
index 095ad6c..f955d2b 100644
--- a/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.h
+++ b/tools/lib/h5tools_utils.h
@@ -40,6 +40,53 @@ H5TOOLS_DLLVAR FILE *overflow_file;
 H5TOOLS_DLLVAR hsize_t H5TOOLS_MALLOCSIZE;
 /* size of hyperslab buffer when a dataset is bigger than H5TOOLS_MALLOCSIZE */
 H5TOOLS_DLLVAR hsize_t H5TOOLS_BUFSIZE;
+/*
+ * begin get_option section
+ */
+H5TOOLS_DLLVAR int         opt_err; /* getoption prints errors if this is on    */
+H5TOOLS_DLLVAR int         opt_ind; /* token pointer                            */
+H5TOOLS_DLLVAR const char *opt_arg; /* flag argument (or value)                 */
+
+/*
+ * get_option determines which options are specified on the command line and
+ * returns a pointer to any arguments possibly associated with the option in
+ * the ``opt_arg'' variable. get_option returns the shortname equivalent of
+ * the option. The long options are specified in the following way:
+ *
+ * struct long_options foo[] = {
+ *   { "filename", require_arg, 'f' },
+ *   { "append", no_arg, 'a' },
+ *   { "width", require_arg, 'w' },
+ *   { NULL, 0, 0 }
+ * };
+ *
+ * Long named options can have arguments specified as either:
+ *
+ *   ``--param=arg'' or ``--param arg''
+ *
+ * Short named options can have arguments specified as either:
+ *
+ *   ``-w80'' or ``-w 80''
+ *
+ * and can have more than one short named option specified at one time:
+ *
+ *   -aw80
+ *
+ * in which case those options which expect an argument need to come at the
+ * end.
+ */
+typedef struct long_options {
+    const char *name;     /* name of the long option              */
+    int         has_arg;  /* whether we should look for an arg    */
+    char        shortval; /* the shortname equivalent of long arg
+                           * this gets returned from get_option   */
+} long_options;
+
+H5TOOLS_DLL int get_option(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char *opt,
+                           const struct long_options *l_opt);
+/*
+ * end get_option section
+ */
 
 /*struct taken from the dumper. needed in table struct*/
 typedef struct obj_t {
diff --git a/tools/src/h5copy/h5copy.c b/tools/src/h5copy/h5copy.c
index 6f10fee..933e230 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5copy/h5copy.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5copy/h5copy.c
@@ -19,23 +19,23 @@
 #define PROGRAMNAME "h5copy"
 
 /* command-line options: short and long-named parameters */
-static const char *           s_opts    = "d:f:hi:o:ps:vVE";
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[]  = {{"destination", require_arg, 'd'},
-                                          {"flag", require_arg, 'f'},
-                                          {"help", no_arg, 'h'},
-                                          {"input", require_arg, 'i'},
-                                          {"output", require_arg, 'o'},
-                                          {"parents", no_arg, 'p'},
-                                          {"source", require_arg, 's'},
-                                          {"verbose", no_arg, 'v'},
-                                          {"version", no_arg, 'V'},
-                                          {"enable-error-stack", no_arg, 'E'},
-                                          {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
-char *                        fname_src = NULL;
-char *                        fname_dst = NULL;
-char *                        oname_src = NULL;
-char *                        oname_dst = NULL;
-char *                        str_flag  = NULL;
+static const char *        s_opts    = "d:f:hi:o:ps:vVE";
+static struct long_options l_opts[]  = {{"destination", require_arg, 'd'},
+                                       {"flag", require_arg, 'f'},
+                                       {"help", no_arg, 'h'},
+                                       {"input", require_arg, 'i'},
+                                       {"output", require_arg, 'o'},
+                                       {"parents", no_arg, 'p'},
+                                       {"source", require_arg, 's'},
+                                       {"verbose", no_arg, 'v'},
+                                       {"version", no_arg, 'V'},
+                                       {"enable-error-stack", no_arg, 'E'},
+                                       {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
+char *                     fname_src = NULL;
+char *                     fname_dst = NULL;
+char *                     oname_src = NULL;
+char *                     oname_dst = NULL;
+char *                     str_flag  = NULL;
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function:    leave
@@ -242,19 +242,19 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     } /* end if */
 
     /* parse command line options */
-    while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, (const char *const *)argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
+    while ((opt = get_option(argc, (const char *const *)argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
         switch ((char)opt) {
             case 'd':
-                oname_dst = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                oname_dst = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                 break;
 
             case 'f':
                 /* validate flag */
-                if (parse_flag(H5_optarg, &flag) < 0) {
+                if (parse_flag(opt_arg, &flag) < 0) {
                     usage();
                     leave(EXIT_FAILURE);
                 }
-                str_flag = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                str_flag = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                 break;
 
             case 'h':
@@ -263,11 +263,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 break;
 
             case 'i':
-                fname_src = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                fname_src = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                 break;
 
             case 'o':
-                fname_dst = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                fname_dst = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                 break;
 
             case 'p':
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 break;
 
             case 's':
-                oname_src = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                oname_src = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                 break;
 
             case 'V':
diff --git a/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_common.c b/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_common.c
index 2fb5505..53ece8b 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_common.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5diff/h5diff_common.c
@@ -25,30 +25,30 @@ static int check_d_input(const char *);
  * Command-line options: The user can specify short or long-named
  * parameters.
  */
-static const char *           s_opts   = "hVrv*qn:d:p:NcelxE:A:S";
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'},
-                                          {"version", no_arg, 'V'},
-                                          {"report", no_arg, 'r'},
-                                          {"verbose", optional_arg, 'v'},
-                                          {"quiet", no_arg, 'q'},
-                                          {"count", require_arg, 'n'},
-                                          {"delta", require_arg, 'd'},
-                                          {"relative", require_arg, 'p'},
-                                          {"nan", no_arg, 'N'},
-                                          {"compare", no_arg, 'c'},
-                                          {"use-system-epsilon", no_arg, 'e'},
-                                          {"follow-symlinks", no_arg, 'l'},
-                                          {"no-dangling-links", no_arg, 'x'},
-                                          {"exclude-path", require_arg, 'E'},
-                                          {"exclude-attribute", require_arg, 'A'},
-                                          {"enable-error-stack", no_arg, 'S'},
-                                          {"vol-value-1", require_arg, '1'},
-                                          {"vol-name-1", require_arg, '2'},
-                                          {"vol-info-1", require_arg, '3'},
-                                          {"vol-value-2", require_arg, '4'},
-                                          {"vol-name-2", require_arg, '5'},
-                                          {"vol-info-2", require_arg, '6'},
-                                          {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
+static const char *        s_opts   = "hVrv*qn:d:p:NcelxE:A:S";
+static struct long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'},
+                                       {"version", no_arg, 'V'},
+                                       {"report", no_arg, 'r'},
+                                       {"verbose", optional_arg, 'v'},
+                                       {"quiet", no_arg, 'q'},
+                                       {"count", require_arg, 'n'},
+                                       {"delta", require_arg, 'd'},
+                                       {"relative", require_arg, 'p'},
+                                       {"nan", no_arg, 'N'},
+                                       {"compare", no_arg, 'c'},
+                                       {"use-system-epsilon", no_arg, 'e'},
+                                       {"follow-symlinks", no_arg, 'l'},
+                                       {"no-dangling-links", no_arg, 'x'},
+                                       {"exclude-path", require_arg, 'E'},
+                                       {"exclude-attribute", require_arg, 'A'},
+                                       {"enable-error-stack", no_arg, 'S'},
+                                       {"vol-value-1", require_arg, '1'},
+                                       {"vol-name-1", require_arg, '2'},
+                                       {"vol-info-1", require_arg, '3'},
+                                       {"vol-value-2", require_arg, '4'},
+                                       {"vol-name-2", require_arg, '5'},
+                                       {"vol-info-2", require_arg, '6'},
+                                       {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: check_options
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char **fname1, const
     exclude_attr_head = NULL;
 
     /* parse command line options */
-    while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
+    while ((opt = get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
         switch ((char)opt) {
             default:
                 usage();
@@ -256,20 +256,20 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char **fname1, const
                      * special check for short opt
                      */
                     if (!strcmp(argv[i], "-v")) {
-                        if (H5_optarg != NULL)
-                            H5_optind--;
+                        if (opt_arg != NULL)
+                            opt_ind--;
                         opts->mode_verbose_level = 0;
                         break;
                     }
                     else if (!strncmp(argv[i], "-v", (size_t)2)) {
-                        if (H5_optarg != NULL)
-                            H5_optind--;
+                        if (opt_arg != NULL)
+                            opt_ind--;
                         opts->mode_verbose_level = atoi(&argv[i][2]);
                         break;
                     }
                     else {
-                        if (H5_optarg != NULL)
-                            opts->mode_verbose_level = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                        if (opt_arg != NULL)
+                            opts->mode_verbose_level = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                         else
                             opts->mode_verbose_level = 0;
                     }
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char **fname1, const
                 }
 
                 /* init */
-                exclude_node->obj_path = H5_optarg;
+                exclude_node->obj_path = opt_arg;
                 exclude_node->obj_type = H5TRAV_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
                 exclude_prev           = exclude_head;
 
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char **fname1, const
                 }
 
                 /* init */
-                exclude_attr_node->obj_path = H5_optarg;
+                exclude_attr_node->obj_path = opt_arg;
                 exclude_attr_node->obj_type = H5TRAV_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
                 exclude_attr_prev           = exclude_attr_head;
 
@@ -356,23 +356,23 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char **fname1, const
             case 'd':
                 opts->delta_bool = 1;
 
-                if (check_d_input(H5_optarg) == -1) {
-                    HDprintf("<-d %s> is not a valid option\n", H5_optarg);
+                if (check_d_input(opt_arg) == -1) {
+                    HDprintf("<-d %s> is not a valid option\n", opt_arg);
                     usage();
                     h5diff_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                 }
-                opts->delta = HDatof(H5_optarg);
+                opts->delta = HDatof(opt_arg);
                 /* do not check against default, the DBL_EPSILON is being replaced by user */
                 break;
 
             case 'p':
                 opts->percent_bool = 1;
-                if (check_p_input(H5_optarg) == -1) {
-                    HDprintf("<-p %s> is not a valid option\n", H5_optarg);
+                if (check_p_input(opt_arg) == -1) {
+                    HDprintf("<-p %s> is not a valid option\n", opt_arg);
                     usage();
                     h5diff_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                 }
-                opts->percent = HDatof(H5_optarg);
+                opts->percent = HDatof(opt_arg);
 
                 /* -p 0 is the same as default */
                 if (H5_DBL_ABS_EQUAL(opts->percent, 0.0))
@@ -381,12 +381,12 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char **fname1, const
 
             case 'n':
                 opts->count_bool = 1;
-                if (check_n_input(H5_optarg) == -1) {
-                    HDprintf("<-n %s> is not a valid option\n", H5_optarg);
+                if (check_n_input(opt_arg) == -1) {
+                    HDprintf("<-n %s> is not a valid option\n", opt_arg);
                     usage();
                     h5diff_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                 }
-                opts->count = HDstrtoull(H5_optarg, NULL, 0);
+                opts->count = HDstrtoull(opt_arg, NULL, 0);
                 break;
 
             case 'N':
@@ -403,34 +403,34 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char **fname1, const
 
             case '1':
                 opts->vol_info[0].type    = VOL_BY_VALUE;
-                opts->vol_info[0].u.value = (H5VL_class_value_t)HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                opts->vol_info[0].u.value = (H5VL_class_value_t)HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 opts->custom_vol[0]       = TRUE;
                 break;
 
             case '2':
                 opts->vol_info[0].type   = VOL_BY_NAME;
-                opts->vol_info[0].u.name = H5_optarg;
+                opts->vol_info[0].u.name = opt_arg;
                 opts->custom_vol[0]      = TRUE;
                 break;
 
             case '3':
-                opts->vol_info[0].info_string = H5_optarg;
+                opts->vol_info[0].info_string = opt_arg;
                 break;
 
             case '4':
                 opts->vol_info[1].type    = VOL_BY_VALUE;
-                opts->vol_info[1].u.value = (H5VL_class_value_t)HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                opts->vol_info[1].u.value = (H5VL_class_value_t)HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 opts->custom_vol[1]       = TRUE;
                 break;
 
             case '5':
                 opts->vol_info[1].type   = VOL_BY_NAME;
-                opts->vol_info[1].u.name = H5_optarg;
+                opts->vol_info[1].u.name = opt_arg;
                 opts->custom_vol[1]      = TRUE;
                 break;
 
             case '6':
-                opts->vol_info[1].info_string = H5_optarg;
+                opts->vol_info[1].info_string = opt_arg;
                 break;
         }
     }
@@ -447,15 +447,15 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char **fname1, const
         opts->exclude_attr = exclude_attr_head;
 
     /* check for file names to be processed */
-    if (argc <= H5_optind || argv[H5_optind + 1] == NULL) {
+    if (argc <= opt_ind || argv[opt_ind + 1] == NULL) {
         error_msg("missing file names\n");
         usage();
         h5diff_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-    *fname1   = argv[H5_optind];
-    *fname2   = argv[H5_optind + 1];
-    *objname1 = argv[H5_optind + 2];
+    *fname1   = argv[opt_ind];
+    *fname2   = argv[opt_ind + 1];
+    *objname1 = argv[opt_ind + 2];
     H5TOOLS_DEBUG("file1 = %s", *fname1);
     H5TOOLS_DEBUG("file2 = %s", *fname2);
 
@@ -466,8 +466,8 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char **fname1, const
     }
     H5TOOLS_DEBUG("objname1 = %s", *objname1);
 
-    if (argv[H5_optind + 3] != NULL) {
-        *objname2 = argv[H5_optind + 3];
+    if (argv[opt_ind + 3] != NULL) {
+        *objname2 = argv[opt_ind + 3];
     }
     else {
         *objname2 = *objname1;
diff --git a/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump.c b/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump.c
index b50bc94..420bbc7 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5dump/h5dump.c
@@ -80,54 +80,54 @@ struct handler_t {
  */
 /* The following initialization makes use of C language concatenating */
 /* "xxx" "yyy" into "xxxyyy". */
-static const char *           s_opts   = "a:b*c:d:ef:g:hik:l:m:n*o*pq:rs:t:uvw:xyz:A*BCD:E*F:G:HM:N:O*RS:VX:";
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {{"attribute", require_arg, 'a'},
-                                          {"binary", optional_arg, 'b'},
-                                          {"count", require_arg, 'c'},
-                                          {"dataset", require_arg, 'd'},
-                                          {"escape", no_arg, 'e'},
-                                          {"filedriver", require_arg, 'f'},
-                                          {"group", require_arg, 'g'},
-                                          {"help", no_arg, 'h'},
-                                          {"object-ids", no_arg, 'i'},
-                                          {"block", require_arg, 'k'},
-                                          {"soft-link", require_arg, 'l'},
-                                          {"format", require_arg, 'm'},
-                                          {"contents", optional_arg, 'n'},
-                                          {"output", optional_arg, 'o'},
-                                          {"properties", no_arg, 'p'},
-                                          {"sort_by", require_arg, 'q'},
-                                          {"string", no_arg, 'r'},
-                                          {"start", require_arg, 's'},
-                                          {"datatype", require_arg, 't'},
-                                          {"use-dtd", no_arg, 'u'},
-                                          {"vds-view-first-missing", no_arg, 'v'},
-                                          {"width", require_arg, 'w'},
-                                          {"xml", no_arg, 'x'},
-                                          {"noindex", no_arg, 'y'},
-                                          {"sort_order", require_arg, 'z'},
-                                          {"onlyattr", optional_arg, 'A'},
-                                          {"superblock", no_arg, 'B'},
-                                          {"boot-block", no_arg, 'B'},
-                                          {"no-compact-subset", no_arg, 'C'},
-                                          {"xml-dtd", require_arg, 'D'},
-                                          {"enable-error-stack", optional_arg, 'E'},
-                                          {"form", require_arg, 'F'},
-                                          {"vds-gap-size", require_arg, 'G'},
-                                          {"header", no_arg, 'H'},
-                                          {"packed-bits", require_arg, 'M'},
-                                          {"any_path", require_arg, 'N'},
-                                          {"ddl", optional_arg, 'O'},
-                                          {"region", no_arg, 'R'},
-                                          {"stride", require_arg, 'S'},
-                                          {"version", no_arg, 'V'},
-                                          {"xml-ns", require_arg, 'X'},
-                                          {"s3-cred", require_arg, '$'},
-                                          {"hdfs-attrs", require_arg, '#'},
-                                          {"vol-value", require_arg, '1'},
-                                          {"vol-name", require_arg, '2'},
-                                          {"vol-info", require_arg, '3'},
-                                          {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
+static const char *        s_opts   = "a:b*c:d:ef:g:hik:l:m:n*o*pq:rs:t:uvw:xyz:A*BCD:E*F:G:HM:N:O*RS:VX:";
+static struct long_options l_opts[] = {{"attribute", require_arg, 'a'},
+                                       {"binary", optional_arg, 'b'},
+                                       {"count", require_arg, 'c'},
+                                       {"dataset", require_arg, 'd'},
+                                       {"escape", no_arg, 'e'},
+                                       {"filedriver", require_arg, 'f'},
+                                       {"group", require_arg, 'g'},
+                                       {"help", no_arg, 'h'},
+                                       {"object-ids", no_arg, 'i'},
+                                       {"block", require_arg, 'k'},
+                                       {"soft-link", require_arg, 'l'},
+                                       {"format", require_arg, 'm'},
+                                       {"contents", optional_arg, 'n'},
+                                       {"output", optional_arg, 'o'},
+                                       {"properties", no_arg, 'p'},
+                                       {"sort_by", require_arg, 'q'},
+                                       {"string", no_arg, 'r'},
+                                       {"start", require_arg, 's'},
+                                       {"datatype", require_arg, 't'},
+                                       {"use-dtd", no_arg, 'u'},
+                                       {"vds-view-first-missing", no_arg, 'v'},
+                                       {"width", require_arg, 'w'},
+                                       {"xml", no_arg, 'x'},
+                                       {"noindex", no_arg, 'y'},
+                                       {"sort_order", require_arg, 'z'},
+                                       {"onlyattr", optional_arg, 'A'},
+                                       {"superblock", no_arg, 'B'},
+                                       {"boot-block", no_arg, 'B'},
+                                       {"no-compact-subset", no_arg, 'C'},
+                                       {"xml-dtd", require_arg, 'D'},
+                                       {"enable-error-stack", optional_arg, 'E'},
+                                       {"form", require_arg, 'F'},
+                                       {"vds-gap-size", require_arg, 'G'},
+                                       {"header", no_arg, 'H'},
+                                       {"packed-bits", require_arg, 'M'},
+                                       {"any_path", require_arg, 'N'},
+                                       {"ddl", optional_arg, 'O'},
+                                       {"region", no_arg, 'R'},
+                                       {"stride", require_arg, 'S'},
+                                       {"version", no_arg, 'V'},
+                                       {"xml-ns", require_arg, 'X'},
+                                       {"s3-cred", require_arg, '$'},
+                                       {"hdfs-attrs", require_arg, '#'},
+                                       {"vol-value", require_arg, '1'},
+                                       {"vol-name", require_arg, '2'},
+                                       {"vol-info", require_arg, '3'},
+                                       {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function:    leave
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
     }
 
     /* parse command line options */
-    while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
+    while ((opt = get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
 parse_start:
         switch ((char)opt) {
             case 'R':
@@ -850,8 +850,8 @@ parse_start:
             case 'n':
                 dump_opts.display_fi = TRUE;
                 last_was_dset        = FALSE;
-                if (H5_optarg != NULL)
-                    h5trav_set_verbose(HDatoi(H5_optarg));
+                if (opt_arg != NULL)
+                    h5trav_set_verbose(HDatoi(opt_arg));
                 break;
             case 'p':
                 dump_opts.display_dcpl = TRUE;
@@ -868,8 +868,8 @@ parse_start:
                 last_was_dset               = FALSE;
                 break;
             case 'A':
-                if (H5_optarg != NULL) {
-                    if (0 == HDatoi(H5_optarg))
+                if (opt_arg != NULL) {
+                    if (0 == HDatoi(opt_arg))
                         dump_opts.include_attrs = FALSE;
                 }
                 else {
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ parse_start:
                 goto done;
                 break;
             case 'w': {
-                int sh5tools_nCols = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                int sh5tools_nCols = HDatoi(opt_arg);
 
                 if (sh5tools_nCols <= 0)
                     h5tools_nCols = 65535;
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ parse_start:
                 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
                     if (!hand[i].func) {
                         hand[i].func = handle_paths;
-                        hand[i].obj  = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                        hand[i].obj  = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                         break;
                     }
 
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ parse_start:
                 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
                     if (!hand[i].func) {
                         hand[i].func = handle_attributes;
-                        hand[i].obj  = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                        hand[i].obj  = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                         break;
                     }
 
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ parse_start:
                 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
                     if (!hand[i].func) {
                         hand[i].func        = handle_datasets;
-                        hand[i].obj         = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                        hand[i].obj         = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                         hand[i].subset_info = parse_subset_params(hand[i].obj);
                         last_dset           = &hand[i];
                         break;
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ parse_start:
                 last_was_dset = TRUE;
                 break;
             case 'f':
-                driver_name_g = H5_optarg;
+                driver_name_g = opt_arg;
                 break;
             case 'g':
                 dump_opts.display_all = 0;
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ parse_start:
                 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
                     if (!hand[i].func) {
                         hand[i].func = handle_groups;
-                        hand[i].obj  = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                        hand[i].obj  = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                         break;
                     }
 
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ parse_start:
                 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
                     if (!hand[i].func) {
                         hand[i].func = handle_links;
-                        hand[i].obj  = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                        hand[i].obj  = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                         break;
                     }
 
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ parse_start:
                 for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
                     if (!hand[i].func) {
                         hand[i].func = handle_datatypes;
-                        hand[i].obj  = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                        hand[i].obj  = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                         break;
                     }
 
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ parse_start:
                 break;
 
             case 'O':
-                if (h5tools_set_output_file(H5_optarg, 0) < 0) {
+                if (h5tools_set_output_file(opt_arg, 0) < 0) {
                     usage(h5tools_getprogname());
                     goto error;
                 }
@@ -988,20 +988,20 @@ parse_start:
 
             case 'o':
                 if (bin_output) {
-                    if (h5tools_set_data_output_file(H5_optarg, 1) < 0) {
+                    if (h5tools_set_data_output_file(opt_arg, 1) < 0) {
                         usage(h5tools_getprogname());
                         goto error;
                     }
                 }
                 else {
                     if (dump_opts.display_attr_data && !dump_opts.display_data) {
-                        if (h5tools_set_attr_output_file(H5_optarg, 0) < 0) {
+                        if (h5tools_set_attr_output_file(opt_arg, 0) < 0) {
                             usage(h5tools_getprogname());
                             goto error;
                         }
                     }
                     if (dump_opts.display_data || dump_opts.display_all) {
-                        if (h5tools_set_data_output_file(H5_optarg, 0) < 0) {
+                        if (h5tools_set_data_output_file(opt_arg, 0) < 0) {
                             usage(h5tools_getprogname());
                             goto error;
                         }
@@ -1010,12 +1010,12 @@ parse_start:
 
                 dump_opts.usingdasho = TRUE;
                 last_was_dset        = FALSE;
-                outfname_g           = H5_optarg;
+                outfname_g           = opt_arg;
                 break;
 
             case 'b':
-                if (H5_optarg != NULL) {
-                    if ((bin_form = set_binary_form(H5_optarg)) < 0) {
+                if (opt_arg != NULL) {
+                    if ((bin_form = set_binary_form(opt_arg)) < 0) {
                         /* failed to set binary form */
                         usage(h5tools_getprogname());
                         goto error;
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ parse_start:
                 break;
 
             case 'q':
-                if ((sort_by = set_sort_by(H5_optarg)) < 0) {
+                if ((sort_by = set_sort_by(opt_arg)) < 0) {
                     /* failed to set "sort by" form */
                     usage(h5tools_getprogname());
                     goto error;
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ parse_start:
                 break;
 
             case 'z':
-                if ((sort_order = set_sort_order(H5_optarg)) < 0) {
+                if ((sort_order = set_sort_order(opt_arg)) < 0) {
                     /* failed to set "sort order" form */
                     usage(h5tools_getprogname());
                     goto error;
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ parse_start:
                     error_msg("option \"-%c\" can only be used after --dataset option\n", opt);
                     goto error;
                 }
-                if (parse_mask_list(H5_optarg) != SUCCEED) {
+                if (parse_mask_list(opt_arg) != SUCCEED) {
                     usage(h5tools_getprogname());
                     goto error;
                 }
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ parse_start:
                 dump_opts.display_vds_first = TRUE;
                 break;
             case 'G':
-                dump_opts.vds_gap_size = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                dump_opts.vds_gap_size = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 if (dump_opts.vds_gap_size < 0) {
                     usage(h5tools_getprogname());
                     goto error;
@@ -1091,13 +1091,13 @@ parse_start:
             case 'D':
                 /* specify alternative XML DTD or schema */
                 /* To Do: check format of this value?  */
-                xml_dtd_uri_g = H5_optarg;
+                xml_dtd_uri_g = opt_arg;
                 h5tools_nCols = 0;
                 break;
 
             case 'm':
                 /* specify alternative floating point printing format */
-                fp_format     = H5_optarg;
+                fp_format     = opt_arg;
                 h5tools_nCols = 0;
                 break;
 
@@ -1108,10 +1108,10 @@ parse_start:
                     usage(h5tools_getprogname());
                     goto error;
                 }
-                if (HDstrcmp(H5_optarg, ":") == 0)
+                if (HDstrcmp(opt_arg, ":") == 0)
                     xmlnsprefix = "";
                 else
-                    xmlnsprefix = H5_optarg;
+                    xmlnsprefix = opt_arg;
                 h5tools_nCols = 0;
                 break;
             /** end XML parameters **/
@@ -1157,33 +1157,33 @@ parse_start:
                                 HDfree(s->start.data);
                                 s->start.data = NULL;
                             }
-                            parse_hsize_list(H5_optarg, &s->start);
+                            parse_hsize_list(opt_arg, &s->start);
                             break;
                         case 'S':
                             if (s->stride.data) {
                                 HDfree(s->stride.data);
                                 s->stride.data = NULL;
                             }
-                            parse_hsize_list(H5_optarg, &s->stride);
+                            parse_hsize_list(opt_arg, &s->stride);
                             break;
                         case 'c':
                             if (s->count.data) {
                                 HDfree(s->count.data);
                                 s->count.data = NULL;
                             }
-                            parse_hsize_list(H5_optarg, &s->count);
+                            parse_hsize_list(opt_arg, &s->count);
                             break;
                         case 'k':
                             if (s->block.data) {
                                 HDfree(s->block.data);
                                 s->block.data = NULL;
                             }
-                            parse_hsize_list(H5_optarg, &s->block);
+                            parse_hsize_list(opt_arg, &s->block);
                             break;
                         default:
                             goto end_collect;
                     }
-                } while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF);
+                } while ((opt = get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF);
 
 end_collect:
                 last_was_dset = FALSE;
@@ -1196,8 +1196,8 @@ end_collect:
                 /** end subsetting parameters **/
 
             case 'E':
-                if (H5_optarg != NULL)
-                    enable_error_stack = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                if (opt_arg != NULL)
+                    enable_error_stack = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 else
                     enable_error_stack = 1;
                 break;
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ end_collect:
 
             case '$':
 #ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-                if (h5tools_parse_ros3_fapl_tuple(H5_optarg, ',', &ros3_fa_g) < 0) {
+                if (h5tools_parse_ros3_fapl_tuple(opt_arg, ',', &ros3_fa_g) < 0) {
                     error_msg("failed to parse S3 VFD credential info\n");
                     usage(h5tools_getprogname());
                     free_handler(hand, argc);
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ end_collect:
 
             case '#':
 #ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
-                if (h5tools_parse_hdfs_fapl_tuple(H5_optarg, ',', &hdfs_fa_g) < 0) {
+                if (h5tools_parse_hdfs_fapl_tuple(opt_arg, ',', &hdfs_fa_g) < 0) {
                     error_msg("failed to parse HDFS VFD configuration info\n");
                     usage(h5tools_getprogname());
                     free_handler(hand, argc);
@@ -1247,18 +1247,18 @@ end_collect:
 
             case '1':
                 vol_info_g.type    = VOL_BY_VALUE;
-                vol_info_g.u.value = (H5VL_class_value_t)HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                vol_info_g.u.value = (H5VL_class_value_t)HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 use_custom_vol_g   = TRUE;
                 break;
 
             case '2':
                 vol_info_g.type   = VOL_BY_NAME;
-                vol_info_g.u.name = H5_optarg;
+                vol_info_g.u.name = opt_arg;
                 use_custom_vol_g  = TRUE;
                 break;
 
             case '3':
-                vol_info_g.info_string = H5_optarg;
+                vol_info_g.info_string = opt_arg;
                 break;
 
             case '?':
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ end_collect:
 
 parse_end:
     /* check for file name to be processed */
-    if (argc <= H5_optind) {
+    if (argc <= opt_ind) {
         error_msg("missing file name\n");
         usage(h5tools_getprogname());
         goto error;
@@ -1362,7 +1362,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
     }
 
-    if (argc <= H5_optind) {
+    if (argc <= opt_ind) {
         error_msg("missing file name\n");
         usage(h5tools_getprogname());
         h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -1415,8 +1415,8 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
     }
 
-    while (H5_optind < argc) {
-        fname = HDstrdup(argv[H5_optind++]);
+    while (opt_ind < argc) {
+        fname = HDstrdup(argv[opt_ind++]);
 
         fid = h5tools_fopen(fname, H5F_ACC_RDONLY, fapl_id, (fapl_id == H5P_DEFAULT) ? FALSE : TRUE, NULL, 0);
 
diff --git a/tools/src/h5format_convert/h5format_convert.c b/tools/src/h5format_convert/h5format_convert.c
index b9572fe..6a2bad1 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5format_convert/h5format_convert.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5format_convert/h5format_convert.c
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ static int   verbose_g = 0;
  * Command-line options: The user can specify short or long-named
  * parameters.
  */
-static const char *           s_opts   = "hVvd:n";
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'},    {"version", no_arg, 'V'},
-                                          {"verbose", no_arg, 'v'}, {"dname", require_arg, 'd'},
-                                          {"noop", no_arg, 'n'},    {"enable-error-stack", no_arg, 'E'},
-                                          {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
+static const char *        s_opts   = "hVvd:n";
+static struct long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'},    {"version", no_arg, 'V'},
+                                       {"verbose", no_arg, 'v'}, {"dname", require_arg, 'd'},
+                                       {"noop", no_arg, 'n'},    {"enable-error-stack", no_arg, 'E'},
+                                       {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: usage
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
     }
 
     /* parse command line options */
-    while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
+    while ((opt = get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
         switch ((char)opt) {
             case 'h':
                 usage(h5tools_getprogname());
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
                 break;
 
             case 'd': /* -d dname */
-                if (H5_optarg != NULL && *H5_optarg)
-                    dname_g = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                if (opt_arg != NULL && *opt_arg)
+                    dname_g = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                 if (dname_g == NULL) {
                     h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
-                    error_msg("No dataset name\n", H5_optarg);
+                    error_msg("No dataset name\n", opt_arg);
                     usage(h5tools_getprogname());
                     goto error;
                 }
@@ -150,14 +150,14 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
         } /* switch */
     }     /* while */
 
-    if (argc <= H5_optind) {
+    if (argc <= opt_ind) {
         error_msg("missing file name\n");
         usage(h5tools_getprogname());
         h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
         goto error;
     }
 
-    fname_g = HDstrdup(argv[H5_optind]);
+    fname_g = HDstrdup(argv[opt_ind]);
 
     return 0;
 
diff --git a/tools/src/h5jam/h5jam.c b/tools/src/h5jam/h5jam.c
index 45978bb..b2ae5b1 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5jam/h5jam.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5jam/h5jam.c
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ char *ub_file     = NULL;
  * parameters. The long-named ones can be partially spelled. When
  * adding more, make sure that they don't clash with each other.
  */
-static const char *           s_opts   = "hi:u:o:c:V";
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'},    {"i", require_arg, 'i'},
-                                          {"u", require_arg, 'u'},  {"o", require_arg, 'o'},
-                                          {"clobber", no_arg, 'c'}, {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
+static const char *        s_opts   = "hi:u:o:c:V";
+static struct long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'},    {"i", require_arg, 'i'},
+                                       {"u", require_arg, 'u'},  {"o", require_arg, 'o'},
+                                       {"clobber", no_arg, 'c'}, {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function:    usage
@@ -109,16 +109,16 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
     int opt = FALSE;
 
     /* parse command line options */
-    while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
+    while ((opt = get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
         switch ((char)opt) {
             case 'o':
-                output_file = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                output_file = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'i':
-                input_file = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                input_file = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'u':
-                ub_file = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                ub_file = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'c':
                 do_clobber = TRUE;
diff --git a/tools/src/h5jam/h5unjam.c b/tools/src/h5jam/h5unjam.c
index 8ff354e..ae9af0f 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5jam/h5unjam.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5jam/h5unjam.c
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ char *ub_file     = NULL;
  * parameters. The long-named ones can be partially spelled. When
  * adding more, make sure that they don't clash with each other.
  */
-static const char *           s_opts   = "hu:i:o:d:V";
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'},   {"i", require_arg, 'i'},
-                                          {"u", require_arg, 'u'}, {"o", require_arg, 'o'},
-                                          {"delete", no_arg, 'd'}, {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
+static const char *        s_opts   = "hu:i:o:d:V";
+static struct long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'},   {"i", require_arg, 'i'},
+                                       {"u", require_arg, 'u'}, {"o", require_arg, 'o'},
+                                       {"delete", no_arg, 'd'}, {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function:    usage
@@ -97,23 +97,23 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
     int opt = FALSE;
 
     /* parse command line options */
-    while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
+    while ((opt = get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
         switch ((char)opt) {
             case 'o':
-                output_file = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                output_file = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                 if (output_file)
                     h5tools_set_data_output_file(output_file, 1);
                 break;
 
             case 'i':
-                input_file = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                input_file = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                 if (input_file)
                     h5tools_set_input_file(input_file, 1);
                 break;
                 ;
 
             case 'u':
-                ub_file = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                ub_file = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                 if (ub_file)
                     h5tools_set_output_file(ub_file, 1);
                 else
diff --git a/tools/src/h5perf/pio_perf.c b/tools/src/h5perf/pio_perf.c
index 560512c..01165bb 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5perf/pio_perf.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5perf/pio_perf.c
@@ -129,31 +129,31 @@ static const char *s_opts = "a:A:B:cCd:D:e:F:ghi:Imno:p:P:stT:wx:X:";
 #else
 static const char *s_opts = "a:A:bB:cCd:D:e:F:ghi:Imno:p:P:stT:wx:X:";
 #endif /* 1 */
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {{"align", require_arg, 'a'},
-                                          {"api", require_arg, 'A'},
+static struct long_options l_opts[] = {{"align", require_arg, 'a'},
+                                       {"api", require_arg, 'A'},
 #if 0
     /* a sighting of the elusive binary option */
     { "binary", no_arg, 'b' },
 #endif /* 0 */
-                                          {"block-size", require_arg, 'B'},
-                                          {"chunk", no_arg, 'c'},
-                                          {"collective", no_arg, 'C'},
-                                          {"debug", require_arg, 'D'},
-                                          {"geometry", no_arg, 'g'},
-                                          {"help", no_arg, 'h'},
-                                          {"interleaved", require_arg, 'I'},
-                                          {"max-num-processes", require_arg, 'P'},
-                                          {"min-num-processes", require_arg, 'p'},
-                                          {"max-xfer-size", require_arg, 'X'},
-                                          {"min-xfer-size", require_arg, 'x'},
-                                          {"num-bytes", require_arg, 'e'},
-                                          {"num-dsets", require_arg, 'd'},
-                                          {"num-files", require_arg, 'F'},
-                                          {"num-iterations", require_arg, 'i'},
-                                          {"output", require_arg, 'o'},
-                                          {"threshold", require_arg, 'T'},
-                                          {"write-only", require_arg, 'w'},
-                                          {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
+                                       {"block-size", require_arg, 'B'},
+                                       {"chunk", no_arg, 'c'},
+                                       {"collective", no_arg, 'C'},
+                                       {"debug", require_arg, 'D'},
+                                       {"geometry", no_arg, 'g'},
+                                       {"help", no_arg, 'h'},
+                                       {"interleaved", require_arg, 'I'},
+                                       {"max-num-processes", require_arg, 'P'},
+                                       {"min-num-processes", require_arg, 'p'},
+                                       {"max-xfer-size", require_arg, 'X'},
+                                       {"min-xfer-size", require_arg, 'x'},
+                                       {"num-bytes", require_arg, 'e'},
+                                       {"num-dsets", require_arg, 'd'},
+                                       {"num-files", require_arg, 'F'},
+                                       {"num-iterations", require_arg, 'i'},
+                                       {"output", require_arg, 'o'},
+                                       {"threshold", require_arg, 'T'},
+                                       {"write-only", require_arg, 'w'},
+                                       {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
 
 struct options {
     long        io_types;      /* bitmask of which I/O types to test   */
@@ -1305,13 +1305,13 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
     cl_opts->h5_write_only = FALSE; /* Do both read and write by default */
     cl_opts->verify        = FALSE; /* No Verify data correctness by default */
 
-    while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
+    while ((opt = get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
         switch ((char)opt) {
             case 'a':
-                cl_opts->h5_alignment = parse_size_directive(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->h5_alignment = parse_size_directive(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'A': {
-                const char *end = H5_optarg;
+                const char *end = opt_arg;
 
                 while (end && *end != '\0') {
                     char buf[10];
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
             break;
 #endif /* 0 */
             case 'B':
-                cl_opts->blk_size = (size_t)parse_size_directive(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->blk_size = (size_t)parse_size_directive(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'c':
                 /* Turn on chunked HDF5 dataset creation */
@@ -1361,10 +1361,10 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
                 cl_opts->collective = 1;
                 break;
             case 'd':
-                cl_opts->num_dsets = atoi(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->num_dsets = atoi(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'D': {
-                const char *end = H5_optarg;
+                const char *end = opt_arg;
 
                 while (end && *end != '\0') {
                     char buf[10];
@@ -1421,40 +1421,40 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
 
             break;
             case 'e':
-                cl_opts->num_bpp = parse_size_directive(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->num_bpp = parse_size_directive(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'F':
-                cl_opts->num_files = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->num_files = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'g':
                 cl_opts->dim2d = 1;
                 break;
             case 'i':
-                cl_opts->num_iters = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->num_iters = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'I':
                 cl_opts->interleaved = 1;
                 break;
             case 'o':
-                cl_opts->output_file = H5_optarg;
+                cl_opts->output_file = opt_arg;
                 break;
             case 'p':
-                cl_opts->min_num_procs = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->min_num_procs = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'P':
-                cl_opts->max_num_procs = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->max_num_procs = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'T':
-                cl_opts->h5_threshold = parse_size_directive(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->h5_threshold = parse_size_directive(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'w':
                 cl_opts->h5_write_only = TRUE;
                 break;
             case 'x':
-                cl_opts->min_xfer_size = (size_t)parse_size_directive(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->min_xfer_size = (size_t)parse_size_directive(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'X':
-                cl_opts->max_xfer_size = (size_t)parse_size_directive(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->max_xfer_size = (size_t)parse_size_directive(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'h':
             case '?':
diff --git a/tools/src/h5perf/sio_perf.c b/tools/src/h5perf/sio_perf.c
index 625f313..c979e7a 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5perf/sio_perf.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5perf/sio_perf.c
@@ -97,35 +97,35 @@ static const char *progname = "h5perf_serial";
  * It seems that only the options that accept additional information
  * such as dataset size (-e) require the colon next to it.
  */
-static const char *           s_opts   = "a:A:B:c:Cd:D:e:F:ghi:Imno:p:P:r:stT:v:wx:X:";
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {{"align", require_arg, 'a'},
-                                          {"api", require_arg, 'A'},
+static const char *        s_opts   = "a:A:B:c:Cd:D:e:F:ghi:Imno:p:P:r:stT:v:wx:X:";
+static struct long_options l_opts[] = {{"align", require_arg, 'a'},
+                                       {"api", require_arg, 'A'},
 #if 0
     /* a sighting of the elusive binary option */
     { "binary", no_arg, 'b' },
 #endif /* 0 */
-                                          {"block-size", require_arg, 'B'},
-                                          {"chunk", no_arg, 'c'},
-                                          {"collective", no_arg, 'C'},
-                                          {"debug", require_arg, 'D'},
-                                          {"file-driver", require_arg, 'v'},
-                                          {"geometry", no_arg, 'g'},
-                                          {"help", no_arg, 'h'},
-                                          {"interleaved", require_arg, 'I'},
-                                          {"max-num-processes", require_arg, 'P'},
-                                          {"min-num-processes", require_arg, 'p'},
-                                          {"max-xfer-size", require_arg, 'X'},
-                                          {"min-xfer-size", require_arg, 'x'},
-                                          {"num-bytes", require_arg, 'e'},
-                                          {"num-dsets", require_arg, 'd'},
-                                          {"num-files", require_arg, 'F'},
-                                          {"num-iterations", require_arg, 'i'},
-                                          {"order", require_arg, 'r'},
-                                          {"output", require_arg, 'o'},
-                                          {"extendable", no_arg, 't'},
-                                          {"threshold", require_arg, 'T'},
-                                          {"write-only", require_arg, 'w'},
-                                          {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
+                                       {"block-size", require_arg, 'B'},
+                                       {"chunk", no_arg, 'c'},
+                                       {"collective", no_arg, 'C'},
+                                       {"debug", require_arg, 'D'},
+                                       {"file-driver", require_arg, 'v'},
+                                       {"geometry", no_arg, 'g'},
+                                       {"help", no_arg, 'h'},
+                                       {"interleaved", require_arg, 'I'},
+                                       {"max-num-processes", require_arg, 'P'},
+                                       {"min-num-processes", require_arg, 'p'},
+                                       {"max-xfer-size", require_arg, 'X'},
+                                       {"min-xfer-size", require_arg, 'x'},
+                                       {"num-bytes", require_arg, 'e'},
+                                       {"num-dsets", require_arg, 'd'},
+                                       {"num-files", require_arg, 'F'},
+                                       {"num-iterations", require_arg, 'i'},
+                                       {"order", require_arg, 'r'},
+                                       {"output", require_arg, 'o'},
+                                       {"extendable", no_arg, 't'},
+                                       {"threshold", require_arg, 'T'},
+                                       {"write-only", require_arg, 'w'},
+                                       {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
 
 struct options {
     long        io_types;            /* bitmask of which I/O types to test   */
@@ -857,19 +857,19 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
     cl_opts->h5_extendable = FALSE; /* Use extendable dataset */
     cl_opts->verify        = FALSE; /* No Verify data correctness by default */
 
-    while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
+    while ((opt = get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
         switch ((char)opt) {
             case 'a':
-                cl_opts->h5_alignment = parse_size_directive(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->h5_alignment = parse_size_directive(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'G':
-                cl_opts->page_size = parse_size_directive(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->page_size = parse_size_directive(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'b':
-                cl_opts->page_buffer_size = parse_size_directive(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->page_buffer_size = parse_size_directive(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'A': {
-                const char *end = H5_optarg;
+                const char *end = opt_arg;
                 while (end && *end != '\0') {
                     char buf[10];
 
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
                 /* Turn on chunked HDF5 dataset creation */
                 cl_opts->h5_use_chunks = 1;
                 {
-                    const char *end = H5_optarg;
+                    const char *end = opt_arg;
                     int         j   = 0;
 
                     while (end && *end != '\0') {
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
                 break;
 
             case 'D': {
-                const char *end = H5_optarg;
+                const char *end = opt_arg;
 
                 while (end && *end != '\0') {
                     char buf[10];
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
 
             break;
             case 'e': {
-                const char *end = H5_optarg;
+                const char *end = opt_arg;
                 int         j   = 0;
 
                 while (end && *end != '\0') {
@@ -1017,38 +1017,38 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
             break;
 
             case 'i':
-                cl_opts->num_iters = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->num_iters = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'o':
-                cl_opts->output_file = H5_optarg;
+                cl_opts->output_file = opt_arg;
                 break;
             case 'T':
-                cl_opts->h5_threshold = parse_size_directive(H5_optarg);
+                cl_opts->h5_threshold = parse_size_directive(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'v':
-                if (!HDstrcasecmp(H5_optarg, "sec2")) {
+                if (!HDstrcasecmp(opt_arg, "sec2")) {
                     cl_opts->vfd = sec2;
                 }
-                else if (!HDstrcasecmp(H5_optarg, "stdio")) {
+                else if (!HDstrcasecmp(opt_arg, "stdio")) {
                     cl_opts->vfd = stdio;
                 }
-                else if (!HDstrcasecmp(H5_optarg, "core")) {
+                else if (!HDstrcasecmp(opt_arg, "core")) {
                     cl_opts->vfd = core;
                 }
-                else if (!HDstrcasecmp(H5_optarg, "split")) {
+                else if (!HDstrcasecmp(opt_arg, "split")) {
                     cl_opts->vfd = split;
                 }
-                else if (!HDstrcasecmp(H5_optarg, "multi")) {
+                else if (!HDstrcasecmp(opt_arg, "multi")) {
                     cl_opts->vfd = multi;
                 }
-                else if (!HDstrcasecmp(H5_optarg, "family")) {
+                else if (!HDstrcasecmp(opt_arg, "family")) {
                     cl_opts->vfd = family;
                 }
-                else if (!HDstrcasecmp(H5_optarg, "direct")) {
+                else if (!HDstrcasecmp(opt_arg, "direct")) {
                     cl_opts->vfd = direct;
                 }
                 else {
-                    HDfprintf(stderr, "sio_perf: invalid --api option %s\n", H5_optarg);
+                    HDfprintf(stderr, "sio_perf: invalid --api option %s\n", opt_arg);
                     HDexit(EXIT_FAILURE);
                 }
                 break;
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
                 cl_opts->h5_extendable = TRUE;
                 break;
             case 'x': {
-                const char *end = H5_optarg;
+                const char *end = opt_arg;
                 int         j   = 0;
 
                 while (end && *end != '\0') {
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
             break;
 
             case 'r': {
-                const char *end = H5_optarg;
+                const char *end = opt_arg;
                 int         j   = 0;
 
                 while (end && *end != '\0') {
diff --git a/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_main.c b/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_main.c
index 4882652..c83f8cc 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_main.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5repack/h5repack_main.c
@@ -31,44 +31,44 @@ const char *outfile = NULL;
  * Command-line options: The user can specify short or long-named
  * parameters.
  */
-static const char *           s_opts   = "a:b:c:d:e:f:hi:j:k:l:m:no:q:s:t:u:vz:EG:LM:P:S:T:VXW1:2:3:4:5:6:";
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {{"alignment", require_arg, 'a'},
-                                          {"block", require_arg, 'b'},
-                                          {"compact", require_arg, 'c'},
-                                          {"indexed", require_arg, 'd'},
-                                          {"file", require_arg, 'e'},
-                                          {"filter", require_arg, 'f'},
-                                          {"help", no_arg, 'h'},
-                                          {"infile", require_arg, 'i'}, /* for backward compability */
-                                          {"low", require_arg, 'j'},
-                                          {"high", require_arg, 'k'},
-                                          {"layout", require_arg, 'l'},
-                                          {"minimum", require_arg, 'm'},
-                                          {"native", no_arg, 'n'},
-                                          {"outfile", require_arg, 'o'}, /* for backward compability */
-                                          {"sort_by", require_arg, 'q'},
-                                          {"ssize", require_arg, 's'},
-                                          {"threshold", require_arg, 't'},
-                                          {"ublock", require_arg, 'u'},
-                                          {"verbose", no_arg, 'v'},
-                                          {"sort_order", require_arg, 'z'},
-                                          {"enable-error-stack", no_arg, 'E'},
-                                          {"fs_pagesize", require_arg, 'G'},
-                                          {"latest", no_arg, 'L'},
-                                          {"metadata_block_size", require_arg, 'M'},
-                                          {"fs_persist", require_arg, 'P'},
-                                          {"fs_strategy", require_arg, 'S'},
-                                          {"fs_threshold", require_arg, 'T'},
-                                          {"version", no_arg, 'V'},
-                                          {"merge", no_arg, 'X'},
-                                          {"prune", no_arg, 'W'},
-                                          {"src-vol-value", require_arg, '1'},
-                                          {"src-vol-name", require_arg, '2'},
-                                          {"src-vol-info", require_arg, '3'},
-                                          {"dst-vol-value", require_arg, '4'},
-                                          {"dst-vol-name", require_arg, '5'},
-                                          {"dst-vol-info", require_arg, '6'},
-                                          {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
+static const char *        s_opts   = "a:b:c:d:e:f:hi:j:k:l:m:no:q:s:t:u:vz:EG:LM:P:S:T:VXW";
+static struct long_options l_opts[] = {{"alignment", require_arg, 'a'},
+                                       {"block", require_arg, 'b'},
+                                       {"compact", require_arg, 'c'},
+                                       {"indexed", require_arg, 'd'},
+                                       {"file", require_arg, 'e'},
+                                       {"filter", require_arg, 'f'},
+                                       {"help", no_arg, 'h'},
+                                       {"infile", require_arg, 'i'}, /* for backward compability */
+                                       {"low", require_arg, 'j'},
+                                       {"high", require_arg, 'k'},
+                                       {"layout", require_arg, 'l'},
+                                       {"minimum", require_arg, 'm'},
+                                       {"native", no_arg, 'n'},
+                                       {"outfile", require_arg, 'o'}, /* for backward compability */
+                                       {"sort_by", require_arg, 'q'},
+                                       {"ssize", require_arg, 's'},
+                                       {"threshold", require_arg, 't'},
+                                       {"ublock", require_arg, 'u'},
+                                       {"verbose", no_arg, 'v'},
+                                       {"sort_order", require_arg, 'z'},
+                                       {"enable-error-stack", no_arg, 'E'},
+                                       {"fs_pagesize", require_arg, 'G'},
+                                       {"latest", no_arg, 'L'},
+                                       {"metadata_block_size", require_arg, 'M'},
+                                       {"fs_persist", require_arg, 'P'},
+                                       {"fs_strategy", require_arg, 'S'},
+                                       {"fs_threshold", require_arg, 'T'},
+                                       {"version", no_arg, 'V'},
+                                       {"merge", no_arg, 'X'},
+                                       {"prune", no_arg, 'W'},
+                                       {"src-vol-value", require_arg, '1'},
+                                       {"src-vol-name", require_arg, '2'},
+                                       {"src-vol-info", require_arg, '3'},
+                                       {"dst-vol-value", require_arg, '4'},
+                                       {"dst-vol-name", require_arg, '5'},
+                                       {"dst-vol-info", require_arg, '6'},
+                                       {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function: usage
@@ -497,18 +497,18 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
     HDmemset(&out_vol_info, 0, sizeof(h5tools_vol_info_t));
 
     /* parse command line options */
-    while (EOF != (opt = H5_get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts))) {
+    while (EOF != (opt = get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts))) {
         switch ((char)opt) {
 
             /* -i for backward compatibility */
             case 'i':
-                infile = H5_optarg;
+                infile = opt_arg;
                 has_i++;
                 break;
 
             /* -o for backward compatibility */
             case 'o':
-                outfile = H5_optarg;
+                outfile = opt_arg;
                 has_o++;
                 break;
 
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
 
             case 'f':
                 /* parse the -f filter option */
-                if (h5repack_addfilter(H5_optarg, options) < 0) {
+                if (h5repack_addfilter(opt_arg, options) < 0) {
                     error_msg("in parsing filter\n");
                     h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
                     ret_value = -1;
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
 
             case 'l':
                 /* parse the -l layout option */
-                if (h5repack_addlayout(H5_optarg, options) < 0) {
+                if (h5repack_addlayout(opt_arg, options) < 0) {
                     error_msg("in parsing layout\n");
                     h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
                     ret_value = -1;
@@ -549,9 +549,9 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
                 break;
 
             case 'm':
-                options->min_comp = HDstrtoull(H5_optarg, NULL, 0);
+                options->min_comp = HDstrtoull(opt_arg, NULL, 0);
                 if ((int)options->min_comp <= 0) {
-                    error_msg("invalid minimum compress size <%s>\n", H5_optarg);
+                    error_msg("invalid minimum compress size <%s>\n", opt_arg);
                     h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
                     ret_value = -1;
                     goto done;
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
                 break;
 
             case 'e':
-                if ((ret_value = read_info(H5_optarg, options)) < 0) {
-                    error_msg("failed to read from repack options file <%s>\n", H5_optarg);
+                if ((ret_value = read_info(opt_arg, options)) < 0) {
+                    error_msg("failed to read from repack options file <%s>\n", opt_arg);
                     h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
                     ret_value = -1;
                     goto done;
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
                 break;
 
             case 'j':
-                bound = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                bound = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 if (bound < H5F_LIBVER_EARLIEST || bound > H5F_LIBVER_LATEST) {
                     error_msg("in parsing low bound\n");
                     h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
                 break;
 
             case 'k':
-                bound = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                bound = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 if (bound < H5F_LIBVER_EARLIEST || bound > H5F_LIBVER_LATEST) {
                     error_msg("in parsing high bound\n");
                     h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -606,13 +606,13 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
                 break;
 
             case 'c':
-                options->grp_compact = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                options->grp_compact = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 if (options->grp_compact > 0)
                     options->latest = TRUE; /* must use latest format */
                 break;
 
             case 'd':
-                options->grp_indexed = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                options->grp_indexed = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 if (options->grp_indexed > 0)
                     options->latest = TRUE; /* must use latest format */
                 break;
@@ -620,10 +620,10 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
             case 's': {
                 int   idx       = 0;
                 int   ssize     = 0;
-                char *msgPtr    = HDstrchr(H5_optarg, ':');
+                char *msgPtr    = HDstrchr(opt_arg, ':');
                 options->latest = TRUE; /* must use latest format */
                 if (msgPtr == NULL) {
-                    ssize = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                    ssize = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                     for (idx = 0; idx < 5; idx++)
                         options->msg_size[idx] = ssize;
                 }
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
 
                     HDstrcpy(msgType, msgPtr + 1);
                     msgPtr[0] = '\0';
-                    ssize     = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                    ssize     = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                     if (!HDstrncmp(msgType, "dspace", 6))
                         options->msg_size[0] = ssize;
                     else if (!HDstrncmp(msgType, "dtype", 5))
@@ -647,25 +647,25 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
             } break;
 
             case 'u':
-                options->ublock_filename = H5_optarg;
+                options->ublock_filename = opt_arg;
                 break;
 
             case 'b':
-                options->ublock_size = (hsize_t)HDatol(H5_optarg);
+                options->ublock_size = (hsize_t)HDatol(opt_arg);
                 break;
 
             case 'M':
-                options->meta_block_size = (hsize_t)HDatol(H5_optarg);
+                options->meta_block_size = (hsize_t)HDatol(opt_arg);
                 break;
 
             case 't':
-                options->threshold = (hsize_t)HDatol(H5_optarg);
+                options->threshold = (hsize_t)HDatol(opt_arg);
                 break;
 
             case 'a':
-                options->alignment = HDstrtoull(H5_optarg, NULL, 0);
+                options->alignment = HDstrtoull(opt_arg, NULL, 0);
                 if (options->alignment < 1) {
-                    error_msg("invalid alignment size\n", H5_optarg);
+                    error_msg("invalid alignment size\n", opt_arg);
                     h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
                     ret_value = -1;
                     goto done;
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
             case 'S': {
                 char strategy[MAX_NC_NAME];
 
-                HDstrcpy(strategy, H5_optarg);
+                HDstrcpy(strategy, opt_arg);
                 if (!HDstrcmp(strategy, "FSM_AGGR"))
                     options->fs_strategy = H5F_FSPACE_STRATEGY_FSM_AGGR;
                 else if (!HDstrcmp(strategy, "PAGE"))
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
                 else if (!HDstrcmp(strategy, "NONE"))
                     options->fs_strategy = H5F_FSPACE_STRATEGY_NONE;
                 else {
-                    error_msg("invalid file space management strategy\n", H5_optarg);
+                    error_msg("invalid file space management strategy\n", opt_arg);
                     h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
                     ret_value = -1;
                     goto done;
@@ -696,29 +696,29 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
             } break;
 
             case 'P':
-                options->fs_persist = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                options->fs_persist = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 if (options->fs_persist == 0)
                     /* To distinguish the "specified" zero value */
                     options->fs_persist = -1;
                 break;
 
             case 'T':
-                options->fs_threshold = HDatol(H5_optarg);
+                options->fs_threshold = HDatol(opt_arg);
                 if (options->fs_threshold == 0)
                     /* To distinguish the "specified" zero value */
                     options->fs_threshold = -1;
                 break;
 
             case 'G':
-                options->fs_pagesize = HDstrtoll(H5_optarg, NULL, 0);
+                options->fs_pagesize = HDstrtoll(opt_arg, NULL, 0);
                 if (options->fs_pagesize == 0)
                     /* To distinguish the "specified" zero value */
                     options->fs_pagesize = -1;
                 break;
 
             case 'q':
-                if (H5_INDEX_UNKNOWN == (sort_by = set_sort_by(H5_optarg))) {
-                    error_msg("failed to set sort by form <%s>\n", H5_optarg);
+                if (H5_INDEX_UNKNOWN == (sort_by = set_sort_by(opt_arg))) {
+                    error_msg("failed to set sort by form <%s>\n", opt_arg);
                     h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
                     ret_value = -1;
                     goto done;
@@ -726,8 +726,8 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
                 break;
 
             case 'z':
-                if (H5_ITER_UNKNOWN == (sort_order = set_sort_order(H5_optarg))) {
-                    error_msg("failed to set sort order form <%s>\n", H5_optarg);
+                if (H5_ITER_UNKNOWN == (sort_order = set_sort_order(opt_arg))) {
+                    error_msg("failed to set sort order form <%s>\n", opt_arg);
                     h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
                     ret_value = -1;
                     goto done;
@@ -740,34 +740,34 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
 
             case '1':
                 in_vol_info.type    = VOL_BY_VALUE;
-                in_vol_info.u.value = (H5VL_class_value_t)HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                in_vol_info.u.value = (H5VL_class_value_t)HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 custom_in_fapl      = TRUE;
                 break;
 
             case '2':
                 in_vol_info.type   = VOL_BY_NAME;
-                in_vol_info.u.name = H5_optarg;
+                in_vol_info.u.name = opt_arg;
                 custom_in_fapl     = TRUE;
                 break;
 
             case '3':
-                in_vol_info.info_string = H5_optarg;
+                in_vol_info.info_string = opt_arg;
                 break;
 
             case '4':
                 out_vol_info.type    = VOL_BY_VALUE;
-                out_vol_info.u.value = (H5VL_class_value_t)HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                out_vol_info.u.value = (H5VL_class_value_t)HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 custom_out_fapl      = TRUE;
                 break;
 
             case '5':
                 out_vol_info.type   = VOL_BY_NAME;
-                out_vol_info.u.name = H5_optarg;
+                out_vol_info.u.name = opt_arg;
                 custom_out_fapl     = TRUE;
                 break;
 
             case '6':
-                out_vol_info.info_string = H5_optarg;
+                out_vol_info.info_string = opt_arg;
                 break;
 
             default:
@@ -777,9 +777,9 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, pack_opt_t *options)
 
     /* If neither -i nor -o given, get in and out files positionally */
     if (0 == (has_i + has_o)) {
-        if (argv[H5_optind] != NULL && argv[H5_optind + 1] != NULL) {
-            infile  = argv[H5_optind];
-            outfile = argv[H5_optind + 1];
+        if (argv[opt_ind] != NULL && argv[opt_ind + 1] != NULL) {
+            infile  = argv[opt_ind];
+            outfile = argv[opt_ind + 1];
 
             if (!HDstrcmp(infile, outfile)) {
                 error_msg("file names cannot be the same\n");
diff --git a/tools/src/h5stat/h5stat.c b/tools/src/h5stat/h5stat.c
index 900e4ba..81acb89 100644
--- a/tools/src/h5stat/h5stat.c
+++ b/tools/src/h5stat/h5stat.c
@@ -171,23 +171,23 @@ struct handler_t {
 
 static const char *s_opts = "Aa:Ddm:EFfhGgl:sSTO:Vw:H:";
 /* e.g. "filemetadata" has to precede "file"; "groupmetadata" has to precede "group" etc. */
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'},
-                                          {"filemetadata", no_arg, 'F'},
-                                          {"groupmetadata", no_arg, 'G'},
-                                          {"links", require_arg, 'l'},
-                                          {"dsetmetadata", no_arg, 'D'},
-                                          {"dims", require_arg, 'm'},
-                                          {"dtypemetadata", no_arg, 'T'},
-                                          {"object", require_arg, 'O'},
-                                          {"version", no_arg, 'V'},
-                                          {"attribute", no_arg, 'A'},
-                                          {"enable-error-stack", no_arg, 'E'},
-                                          {"numattrs", require_arg, 'a'},
-                                          {"freespace", no_arg, 's'},
-                                          {"summary", no_arg, 'S'},
-                                          {"s3-cred", require_arg, 'w'},
-                                          {"hdfs-attrs", require_arg, 'H'},
-                                          {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
+static struct long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'},
+                                       {"filemetadata", no_arg, 'F'},
+                                       {"groupmetadata", no_arg, 'G'},
+                                       {"links", require_arg, 'l'},
+                                       {"dsetmetadata", no_arg, 'D'},
+                                       {"dims", require_arg, 'm'},
+                                       {"dtypemetadata", no_arg, 'T'},
+                                       {"object", require_arg, 'O'},
+                                       {"version", no_arg, 'V'},
+                                       {"attribute", no_arg, 'A'},
+                                       {"enable-error-stack", no_arg, 'E'},
+                                       {"numattrs", require_arg, 'a'},
+                                       {"freespace", no_arg, 's'},
+                                       {"summary", no_arg, 'S'},
+                                       {"s3-cred", require_arg, 'w'},
+                                       {"hdfs-attrs", require_arg, 'H'},
+                                       {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
 
 static void
 leave(int ret)
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, struct handler_t **hand_re
     struct handler_t *hand = NULL;
 
     /* parse command line options */
-    while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
+    while ((opt = get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
         switch ((char)opt) {
             case 'h':
                 usage(h5tools_getprogname());
@@ -876,8 +876,8 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, struct handler_t **hand_re
                 break;
 
             case 'l':
-                if (H5_optarg) {
-                    sgroups_threshold = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                if (opt_arg) {
+                    sgroups_threshold = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                     if (sgroups_threshold < 1) {
                         error_msg("Invalid threshold for small groups\n");
                         goto error;
@@ -899,8 +899,8 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, struct handler_t **hand_re
                 break;
 
             case 'm':
-                if (H5_optarg) {
-                    sdsets_threshold = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                if (opt_arg) {
+                    sdsets_threshold = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                     if (sdsets_threshold < 1) {
                         error_msg("Invalid threshold for small datasets\n");
                         goto error;
@@ -922,8 +922,8 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, struct handler_t **hand_re
                 break;
 
             case 'a':
-                if (H5_optarg) {
-                    sattrs_threshold = HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                if (opt_arg) {
+                    sattrs_threshold = HDatoi(opt_arg);
                     if (sattrs_threshold < 1) {
                         error_msg("Invalid threshold for small # of attributes\n");
                         goto error;
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, struct handler_t **hand_re
 
                 /* Store object names */
                 for (u = 0; u < hand->obj_count; u++)
-                    if (NULL == (hand->obj[u] = HDstrdup(H5_optarg))) {
+                    if (NULL == (hand->obj[u] = HDstrdup(opt_arg))) {
                         error_msg("unable to allocate memory for object name\n");
                         goto error;
                     } /* end if */
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, struct handler_t **hand_re
 
             case 'w':
 #ifdef H5_HAVE_ROS3_VFD
-                if (h5tools_parse_ros3_fapl_tuple(H5_optarg, ',', &ros3_fa) < 0) {
+                if (h5tools_parse_ros3_fapl_tuple(opt_arg, ',', &ros3_fa) < 0) {
                     error_msg("failed to parse S3 VFD credential info\n");
                     goto error;
                 }
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, struct handler_t **hand_re
 
             case 'H':
 #ifdef H5_HAVE_LIBHDFS
-                if (h5tools_parse_hdfs_fapl_tuple(H5_optarg, ',', &hdfs_fa) < 0) {
+                if (h5tools_parse_hdfs_fapl_tuple(opt_arg, ',', &hdfs_fa) < 0) {
                     error_msg("failed to parse HDFS VFD configuration info\n");
                     goto error;
                 }
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, struct handler_t **hand_re
     }     /* end while */
 
     /* check for file name to be processed */
-    if (argc <= H5_optind) {
+    if (argc <= opt_ind) {
         error_msg("missing file name\n");
         usage(h5tools_getprogname());
         goto error;
@@ -1728,7 +1728,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         }
     }
 
-    fname = argv[H5_optind];
+    fname = argv[opt_ind];
 
     /* Check for filename given */
     if (fname) {
diff --git a/tools/src/misc/h5clear.c b/tools/src/misc/h5clear.c
index 15c170d..60e2e63 100644
--- a/tools/src/misc/h5clear.c
+++ b/tools/src/misc/h5clear.c
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ static hsize_t increment          = DEFAULT_INCREMENT;
 /*
  * Command-line options: only publicize long options
  */
-static const char *           s_opts   = "hVsmzi*";
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {
+static const char *        s_opts   = "hVsmzi*";
+static struct long_options l_opts[] = {
     {"help", no_arg, 'h'},  {"version", no_arg, 'V'},  {"status", no_arg, 's'},
     {"image", no_arg, 'm'}, {"filesize", no_arg, 'z'}, {"increment", optional_arg, 'i'},
     {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
     }
 
     /* parse command line options */
-    while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
+    while ((opt = get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
         switch ((char)opt) {
             case 'h':
                 usage(h5tools_getprogname());
@@ -147,12 +147,12 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
 
             case 'i':
                 increment_eoa_eof = TRUE;
-                if (H5_optarg != NULL) {
-                    if (HDatoi(H5_optarg) < 0) {
+                if (opt_arg != NULL) {
+                    if (HDatoi(opt_arg) < 0) {
                         usage(h5tools_getprogname());
                         goto done;
                     }
-                    increment = (hsize_t)HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                    increment = (hsize_t)HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 }
                 break;
 
@@ -164,14 +164,14 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
     }     /* end while */
 
     /* check for file name to be processed */
-    if (argc <= H5_optind) {
+    if (argc <= opt_ind) {
         error_msg("missing file name\n");
         usage(h5tools_getprogname());
         h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
         goto error;
     } /* end if */
 
-    fname_g = HDstrdup(argv[H5_optind]);
+    fname_g = HDstrdup(argv[opt_ind]);
 
 done:
     return (0);
diff --git a/tools/src/misc/h5mkgrp.c b/tools/src/misc/h5mkgrp.c
index 247da6e..36d9a55 100644
--- a/tools/src/misc/h5mkgrp.c
+++ b/tools/src/misc/h5mkgrp.c
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 int d_status = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
 /* command-line options: short and long-named parameters */
-static const char *           s_opts   = "hlpvV";
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {
+static const char *        s_opts   = "hlpvV";
+static struct long_options l_opts[] = {
     {"help", no_arg, 'h'},          {"latest", no_arg, 'l'},        {"parents", no_arg, 'p'},
     {"verbose", no_arg, 'v'},       {"version", no_arg, 'V'},       {"vol-value", require_arg, '1'},
     {"vol-name", require_arg, '2'}, {"vol-info", require_arg, '3'}, {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, mkgrp_opt_t *options)
     HDmemset(&vol_info, 0, sizeof(h5tools_vol_info_t));
 
     /* Parse command line options */
-    while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
+    while ((opt = get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
         switch ((char)opt) {
             /* Display 'help' */
             case 'h':
@@ -171,18 +171,18 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, mkgrp_opt_t *options)
 
             case '1':
                 vol_info.type    = VOL_BY_VALUE;
-                vol_info.u.value = (H5VL_class_value_t)HDatoi(H5_optarg);
+                vol_info.u.value = (H5VL_class_value_t)HDatoi(opt_arg);
                 custom_fapl      = TRUE;
                 break;
 
             case '2':
                 vol_info.type   = VOL_BY_NAME;
-                vol_info.u.name = H5_optarg;
+                vol_info.u.name = opt_arg;
                 custom_fapl     = TRUE;
                 break;
 
             case '3':
-                vol_info.info_string = H5_optarg;
+                vol_info.info_string = opt_arg;
                 break;
 
             /* Bad command line argument */
@@ -193,33 +193,33 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv, mkgrp_opt_t *options)
     }     /* end while */
 
     /* Check for file name to be processed */
-    if (argc <= H5_optind) {
+    if (argc <= opt_ind) {
         error_msg("missing file name\n");
         usage(h5tools_getprogname());
         leave(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
     /* Retrieve file name */
-    options->fname = HDstrdup(argv[H5_optind]);
-    H5_optind++;
+    options->fname = HDstrdup(argv[opt_ind]);
+    opt_ind++;
 
     /* Check for group(s) to be created */
-    if (argc <= H5_optind) {
+    if (argc <= opt_ind) {
         error_msg("missing group name(s)\n");
         usage(h5tools_getprogname());
         leave(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
     /* Allocate space for the group name pointers */
-    options->ngroups = (size_t)(argc - H5_optind);
+    options->ngroups = (size_t)(argc - opt_ind);
     options->groups  = (char **)HDmalloc(options->ngroups * sizeof(char *));
 
     /* Retrieve the group names */
     curr_group = 0;
-    while (H5_optind < argc) {
-        options->groups[curr_group] = HDstrdup(argv[H5_optind]);
+    while (opt_ind < argc) {
+        options->groups[curr_group] = HDstrdup(argv[opt_ind]);
         curr_group++;
-        H5_optind++;
+        opt_ind++;
     }
 
     /* Setup a custom fapl for file accesses */
diff --git a/tools/test/h5jam/getub.c b/tools/test/h5jam/getub.c
index 4e67e98..562a6b9 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5jam/getub.c
+++ b/tools/test/h5jam/getub.c
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ void parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv);
 #define PROGRAM_NAME "getub"
 char *nbytes = NULL;
 
-static const char *           s_opts   = "c:";                     /* add more later ? */
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {{"c", require_arg, 'c'}, /* input file */
-                                          {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
+static const char *        s_opts   = "c:";                     /* add more later ? */
+static struct long_options l_opts[] = {{"c", require_arg, 'c'}, /* input file */
+                                       {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function:    usage
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
     int opt;
 
     /* parse command line options */
-    while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
+    while ((opt = get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
         switch ((char)opt) {
             case 'c':
-                nbytes = HDstrdup(H5_optarg);
+                nbytes = HDstrdup(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case '?':
             default:
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
         } /* end switch */
     }     /* end while */
 
-    if (argc <= H5_optind) {
+    if (argc <= opt_ind) {
         error_msg("missing file name\n");
         usage(h5tools_getprogname());
         HDexit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         goto error;
     } /* end if */
 
-    if (argc <= (H5_optind)) {
+    if (argc <= (opt_ind)) {
         error_msg("missing file name\n");
         usage(h5tools_getprogname());
         goto error;
     } /* end if */
 
-    filename = HDstrdup(argv[H5_optind]);
+    filename = HDstrdup(argv[opt_ind]);
 
     size = 0;
     if (EOF == (res = HDsscanf(nbytes, "%u", &size))) {
diff --git a/tools/test/h5jam/tellub.c b/tools/test/h5jam/tellub.c
index f264d9b..d608df5 100644
--- a/tools/test/h5jam/tellub.c
+++ b/tools/test/h5jam/tellub.c
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
  * parameters. The long-named ones can be partially spelled. When
  * adding more, make sure that they don't clash with each other.
  */
-static const char *           s_opts   = "h";
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'}, {"hel", no_arg, 'h'}, {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
+static const char *        s_opts   = "h";
+static struct long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'}, {"hel", no_arg, 'h'}, {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Function:    usage
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
     int opt;
 
     /* parse command line options */
-    while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
+    while ((opt = get_option(argc, argv, s_opts, l_opts)) != EOF) {
         switch ((char)opt) {
             case 'h':
                 usage(h5tools_getprogname());
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ parse_command_line(int argc, const char *const *argv)
     }
 
     /* check for file name to be processed */
-    if (argc <= H5_optind) {
+    if (argc <= opt_ind) {
         error_msg("missing file name\n");
         usage(h5tools_getprogname());
         h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -118,14 +118,14 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     /* enable error reporting if command line option */
     h5tools_error_report();
 
-    if (argc <= (H5_optind)) {
+    if (argc <= (opt_ind)) {
         error_msg("missing file name\n");
         usage(h5tools_getprogname());
         h5tools_setstatus(EXIT_FAILURE);
         goto done;
     }
 
-    ifname = HDstrdup(argv[H5_optind]);
+    ifname = HDstrdup(argv[opt_ind]);
 
     testval = H5Fis_accessible(ifname, H5P_DEFAULT);
 
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/pio_standalone.c b/tools/test/perform/pio_standalone.c
index 9ea47d6..b4680a4 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/pio_standalone.c
+++ b/tools/test/perform/pio_standalone.c
@@ -22,26 +22,31 @@
 /* global variables */
 int nCols = 80;
 
+/* ``get_option'' variables */
+int         opt_err = 1; /*get_option prints errors if this is on */
+int         opt_ind = 1; /*token pointer                          */
+const char *opt_arg;     /*flag argument (or value)               */
+
 int
-get_option(int argc, char **argv, const char *opts, const struct h5_long_options *l_opts)
+get_option(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char *opts, const struct long_options *l_opts)
 {
     static int sp      = 1;   /* character index in current token */
     int        opt_opt = '?'; /* option character passed back to user */
 
     if (sp == 1) {
         /* check for more flag-like tokens */
-        if (H5_optind >= argc || argv[H5_optind][0] != '-' || argv[H5_optind][1] == '\0') {
+        if (opt_ind >= argc || argv[opt_ind][0] != '-' || argv[opt_ind][1] == '\0') {
             return EOF;
         }
-        else if (HDstrcmp(argv[H5_optind], "--") == 0) {
-            H5_optind++;
+        else if (HDstrcmp(argv[opt_ind], "--") == 0) {
+            opt_ind++;
             return EOF;
         }
     }
 
-    if (sp == 1 && argv[H5_optind][0] == '-' && argv[H5_optind][1] == '-') {
+    if (sp == 1 && argv[opt_ind][0] == '-' && argv[opt_ind][1] == '-') {
         /* long command line option */
-        const char *arg = &argv[H5_optind][2];
+        const char *arg = &argv[opt_ind][2];
         int         i;
 
         for (i = 0; l_opts && l_opts[i].name; i++) {
@@ -53,13 +58,13 @@ get_option(int argc, char **argv, const char *opts, const struct h5_long_options
 
                 if (l_opts[i].has_arg != no_arg) {
                     if (arg[len] == '=') {
-                        H5_optarg = &arg[len + 1];
+                        opt_arg = &arg[len + 1];
                     }
-                    else if (H5_optind < (argc - 1) && argv[H5_optind + 1][0] != '-') {
-                        H5_optarg = argv[++H5_optind];
+                    else if (opt_ind < (argc - 1) && argv[opt_ind + 1][0] != '-') {
+                        opt_arg = argv[++opt_ind];
                     }
                     else if (l_opts[i].has_arg == require_arg) {
-                        if (H5_opterr)
+                        if (opt_err)
                             HDfprintf(stderr, "%s: option required for \"--%s\" flag\n", argv[0], arg);
 
                         opt_opt = '?';
@@ -67,13 +72,13 @@ get_option(int argc, char **argv, const char *opts, const struct h5_long_options
                 }
                 else {
                     if (arg[len] == '=') {
-                        if (H5_opterr)
+                        if (opt_err)
                             HDfprintf(stderr, "%s: no option required for \"%s\" flag\n", argv[0], arg);
 
                         opt_opt = '?';
                     }
 
-                    H5_optarg = NULL;
+                    opt_arg = NULL;
                 }
 
                 break;
@@ -82,29 +87,29 @@ get_option(int argc, char **argv, const char *opts, const struct h5_long_options
 
         if (l_opts[i].name == NULL) {
             /* exhausted all of the l_opts we have and still didn't match */
-            if (H5_opterr)
+            if (opt_err)
                 HDfprintf(stderr, "%s: unknown option \"%s\"\n", argv[0], arg);
 
             opt_opt = '?';
         }
 
-        H5_optind++;
+        opt_ind++;
         sp = 1;
     }
     else {
         register char *cp; /* pointer into current token */
 
         /* short command line option */
-        opt_opt = argv[H5_optind][sp];
+        opt_opt = argv[opt_ind][sp];
 
         if (opt_opt == ':' || (cp = strchr(opts, opt_opt)) == 0) {
 
-            if (H5_opterr)
+            if (opt_err)
                 HDfprintf(stderr, "%s: unknown option \"%c\"\n", argv[0], opt_opt);
 
             /* if no chars left in this token, move to next token */
-            if (argv[H5_optind][++sp] == '\0') {
-                H5_optind++;
+            if (argv[opt_ind][++sp] == '\0') {
+                opt_ind++;
                 sp = 1;
             }
 
@@ -113,32 +118,32 @@ get_option(int argc, char **argv, const char *opts, const struct h5_long_options
 
         if (*++cp == ':') {
             /* if a value is expected, get it */
-            if (argv[H5_optind][sp + 1] != '\0') {
+            if (argv[opt_ind][sp + 1] != '\0') {
                 /* flag value is rest of current token */
-                H5_optarg = &argv[H5_optind++][sp + 1];
+                opt_arg = &argv[opt_ind++][sp + 1];
             }
-            else if (++H5_optind >= argc) {
-                if (H5_opterr)
+            else if (++opt_ind >= argc) {
+                if (opt_err)
                     HDfprintf(stderr, "%s: value expected for option \"%c\"\n", argv[0], opt_opt);
 
                 opt_opt = '?';
             }
             else {
                 /* flag value is next token */
-                H5_optarg = argv[H5_optind++];
+                opt_arg = argv[opt_ind++];
             }
 
             sp = 1;
         }
         else {
             /* set up to look at next char in token, next time */
-            if (argv[H5_optind][++sp] == '\0') {
+            if (argv[opt_ind][++sp] == '\0') {
                 /* no more in current token, so setup next token */
-                H5_optind++;
+                opt_ind++;
                 sp = 1;
             }
 
-            H5_optarg = NULL;
+            opt_arg = NULL;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/pio_standalone.h b/tools/test/perform/pio_standalone.h
index 5cc9a63..1b83e21 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/pio_standalone.h
+++ b/tools/test/perform/pio_standalone.h
@@ -465,9 +465,9 @@ extern char *         strdup(const char *s);
 
 /** From h5tools_utils.h **/
 
-H5_DLLVAR int         H5_opterr; /* getoption prints errors if this is on    */
-H5_DLLVAR int         H5_optind; /* token pointer                            */
-H5_DLLVAR const char *H5_optarg; /* flag argument (or value)                 */
+extern int         opt_err; /* getoption prints errors if this is on    */
+extern int         opt_ind; /* token pointer                            */
+extern const char *opt_arg; /* flag argument (or value)                 */
 
 enum h5_arg_level {
     no_arg = 0,  /* doesn't take an argument     */
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ enum h5_arg_level {
     optional_arg /* argument is optional         */
 };
 
-struct h5_long_options {
+struct long_options {
     const char *      name;     /* Name of the long option */
     enum h5_arg_level has_arg;  /* Whether we should look for an arg */
     char              shortval; /* The shortname equivalent of long arg
@@ -483,8 +483,7 @@ struct h5_long_options {
                                  */
 };
 
-extern int H5_get_option(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char *opt,
-                         const struct h5_long_options *l_opt);
+extern int get_option(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char *opt, const struct long_options *l_opt);
 
 extern int nCols; /*max number of columns for outputting  */
 
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/sio_standalone.c b/tools/test/perform/sio_standalone.c
index ace6b7e..21a2fb5 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/sio_standalone.c
+++ b/tools/test/perform/sio_standalone.c
@@ -22,26 +22,31 @@
 /* global variables */
 int nCols = 80;
 
+/* ``get_option'' variables */
+int         opt_err = 1; /*get_option prints errors if this is on */
+int         opt_ind = 1; /*token pointer                          */
+const char *opt_arg;     /*flag argument (or value)               */
+
 int
-get_option(int argc, char **argv, const char *opts, const struct h5_long_options *l_opts)
+get_option(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char *opts, const struct long_options *l_opts)
 {
     static int sp      = 1;   /* character index in current token */
     int        opt_opt = '?'; /* option character passed back to user */
 
     if (sp == 1) {
         /* check for more flag-like tokens */
-        if (H5_optind >= argc || argv[H5_optind][0] != '-' || argv[H5_optind][1] == '\0') {
+        if (opt_ind >= argc || argv[opt_ind][0] != '-' || argv[opt_ind][1] == '\0') {
             return EOF;
         }
-        else if (HDstrcmp(argv[H5_optind], "--") == 0) {
-            H5_optind++;
+        else if (HDstrcmp(argv[opt_ind], "--") == 0) {
+            opt_ind++;
             return EOF;
         }
     }
 
-    if (sp == 1 && argv[H5_optind][0] == '-' && argv[H5_optind][1] == '-') {
+    if (sp == 1 && argv[opt_ind][0] == '-' && argv[opt_ind][1] == '-') {
         /* long command line option */
-        const char *arg = &argv[H5_optind][2];
+        const char *arg = &argv[opt_ind][2];
         int         i;
 
         for (i = 0; l_opts && l_opts[i].name; i++) {
@@ -53,13 +58,13 @@ get_option(int argc, char **argv, const char *opts, const struct h5_long_options
 
                 if (l_opts[i].has_arg != no_arg) {
                     if (arg[len] == '=') {
-                        H5_optarg = &arg[len + 1];
+                        opt_arg = &arg[len + 1];
                     }
-                    else if (H5_optind < (argc - 1) && argv[H5_optind + 1][0] != '-') {
-                        H5_optarg = argv[++H5_optind];
+                    else if (opt_ind < (argc - 1) && argv[opt_ind + 1][0] != '-') {
+                        opt_arg = argv[++opt_ind];
                     }
                     else if (l_opts[i].has_arg == require_arg) {
-                        if (H5_opterr)
+                        if (opt_err)
                             HDfprintf(stderr, "%s: option required for \"--%s\" flag\n", argv[0], arg);
 
                         opt_opt = '?';
@@ -67,13 +72,13 @@ get_option(int argc, char **argv, const char *opts, const struct h5_long_options
                 }
                 else {
                     if (arg[len] == '=') {
-                        if (H5_opterr)
+                        if (opt_err)
                             HDfprintf(stderr, "%s: no option required for \"%s\" flag\n", argv[0], arg);
 
                         opt_opt = '?';
                     }
 
-                    H5_optarg = NULL;
+                    opt_arg = NULL;
                 }
 
                 break;
@@ -82,29 +87,29 @@ get_option(int argc, char **argv, const char *opts, const struct h5_long_options
 
         if (l_opts[i].name == NULL) {
             /* exhausted all of the l_opts we have and still didn't match */
-            if (H5_opterr)
+            if (opt_err)
                 HDfprintf(stderr, "%s: unknown option \"%s\"\n", argv[0], arg);
 
             opt_opt = '?';
         }
 
-        H5_optind++;
+        opt_ind++;
         sp = 1;
     }
     else {
         register char *cp; /* pointer into current token */
 
         /* short command line option */
-        opt_opt = argv[H5_optind][sp];
+        opt_opt = argv[opt_ind][sp];
 
         if (opt_opt == ':' || (cp = strchr(opts, opt_opt)) == 0) {
 
-            if (H5_opterr)
+            if (opt_err)
                 HDfprintf(stderr, "%s: unknown option \"%c\"\n", argv[0], opt_opt);
 
             /* if no chars left in this token, move to next token */
-            if (argv[H5_optind][++sp] == '\0') {
-                H5_optind++;
+            if (argv[opt_ind][++sp] == '\0') {
+                opt_ind++;
                 sp = 1;
             }
 
@@ -113,32 +118,32 @@ get_option(int argc, char **argv, const char *opts, const struct h5_long_options
 
         if (*++cp == ':') {
             /* if a value is expected, get it */
-            if (argv[H5_optind][sp + 1] != '\0') {
+            if (argv[opt_ind][sp + 1] != '\0') {
                 /* flag value is rest of current token */
-                H5_optarg = &argv[H5_optind++][sp + 1];
+                opt_arg = &argv[opt_ind++][sp + 1];
             }
-            else if (++H5_optind >= argc) {
-                if (H5_opterr)
+            else if (++opt_ind >= argc) {
+                if (opt_err)
                     HDfprintf(stderr, "%s: value expected for option \"%c\"\n", argv[0], opt_opt);
 
                 opt_opt = '?';
             }
             else {
                 /* flag value is next token */
-                H5_optarg = argv[H5_optind++];
+                opt_arg = argv[opt_ind++];
             }
 
             sp = 1;
         }
         else {
             /* set up to look at next char in token, next time */
-            if (argv[H5_optind][++sp] == '\0') {
+            if (argv[opt_ind][++sp] == '\0') {
                 /* no more in current token, so setup next token */
-                H5_optind++;
+                opt_ind++;
                 sp = 1;
             }
 
-            H5_optarg = NULL;
+            opt_arg = NULL;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/sio_standalone.h b/tools/test/perform/sio_standalone.h
index 2fc644f..cadc00d 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/sio_standalone.h
+++ b/tools/test/perform/sio_standalone.h
@@ -480,9 +480,9 @@ extern char *         strdup(const char *s);
 
 /** From h5tools_utils.h **/
 
-H5_DLLVAR int         H5_opterr; /* getoption prints errors if this is on    */
-H5_DLLVAR int         H5_optind; /* token pointer                            */
-H5_DLLVAR const char *H5_optarg; /* flag argument (or value)                 */
+extern int         opt_err; /* getoption prints errors if this is on    */
+extern int         opt_ind; /* token pointer                            */
+extern const char *opt_arg; /* flag argument (or value)                 */
 
 enum h5_arg_level {
     no_arg = 0,  /* doesn't take an argument     */
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ enum h5_arg_level {
     optional_arg /* argument is optional         */
 };
 
-struct h5_long_options {
+struct long_options {
     const char *      name;     /* Name of the long option */
     enum h5_arg_level has_arg;  /* Whether we should look for an arg */
     char              shortval; /* The shortname equivalent of long arg
@@ -498,8 +498,7 @@ struct h5_long_options {
                                  */
 };
 
-extern int H5_get_option(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char *opt,
-                         const struct h5_long_options *l_opt);
+extern int get_option(int argc, const char *const *argv, const char *opt, const struct long_options *l_opt);
 
 extern int nCols; /*max number of columns for outputting  */
 
diff --git a/tools/test/perform/zip_perf.c b/tools/test/perform/zip_perf.c
index 5db97d1..4c7da15 100644
--- a/tools/test/perform/zip_perf.c
+++ b/tools/test/perform/zip_perf.c
@@ -64,15 +64,15 @@ static void error(const char *fmt, ...);
 static void compress_buffer(Bytef *dest, uLongf *destLen, const Bytef *source, uLong sourceLen);
 
 /* commandline options : long and short form */
-static const char *           s_opts   = "hB:b:c:p:rs:0123456789";
-static struct h5_long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'},
-                                          {"compressability", require_arg, 'c'},
-                                          {"file-size", require_arg, 's'},
-                                          {"max-buffer-size", require_arg, 'B'},
-                                          {"min-buffer-size", require_arg, 'b'},
-                                          {"prefix", require_arg, 'p'},
-                                          {"random-test", no_arg, 'r'},
-                                          {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
+static const char *        s_opts   = "hB:b:c:p:rs:0123456789";
+static struct long_options l_opts[] = {{"help", no_arg, 'h'},
+                                       {"compressability", require_arg, 'c'},
+                                       {"file-size", require_arg, 's'},
+                                       {"max-buffer-size", require_arg, 'B'},
+                                       {"min-buffer-size", require_arg, 'b'},
+                                       {"prefix", require_arg, 'p'},
+                                       {"random-test", no_arg, 'r'},
+                                       {NULL, 0, '\0'}};
 
 /*
  * Function:    error
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     /* Initialize h5tools lib */
     h5tools_init();
 
-    while ((opt = H5_get_option(argc, (const char *const *)argv, s_opts, l_opts)) > 0) {
+    while ((opt = get_option(argc, (const char *const *)argv, s_opts, l_opts)) > 0) {
         switch ((char)opt) {
             case '0':
             case '1':
@@ -515,13 +515,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 compress_level = opt - '0';
                 break;
             case 'B':
-                max_buf_size = parse_size_directive(H5_optarg);
+                max_buf_size = parse_size_directive(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'b':
-                min_buf_size = parse_size_directive(H5_optarg);
+                min_buf_size = parse_size_directive(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case 'c':
-                compress_percent = (int)HDstrtol(H5_optarg, NULL, 10);
+                compress_percent = (int)HDstrtol(opt_arg, NULL, 10);
 
                 if (compress_percent < 0)
                     compress_percent = 0;
@@ -530,13 +530,13 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
                 break;
             case 'p':
-                option_prefix = H5_optarg;
+                option_prefix = opt_arg;
                 break;
             case 'r':
                 random_test = TRUE;
                 break;
             case 's':
-                file_size = parse_size_directive(H5_optarg);
+                file_size = parse_size_directive(opt_arg);
                 break;
             case '?':
                 usage();