Problem with argument parsing

[lgwe]

On 9 Okt, 17:18, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de... at nospam.web.de> wrote:
> lgwe wrote:
> > I have a python-script: myscript, used to start a program on another
> > computer and I use OptionParser in optpars.
> > I use it like this: myscript -H host arg1 -x -y zzz
> > I would like OptionParser to ignore all arguments after arg1, because
> > these are options that should be used by the program started on the
> > oter computer arg1 -x -y zzz.
> > One solution is to write: myscript -H host "arg1 -x -y zzz"
> > But is it in some way possible to instruct OptionParser to ignore -x -
> > y zzz without  the "..."?
>
> Use -- to separate arguments to be parsed by OptionParser from the
> to-be-ignored-ones, which is documented btw.
>
> Diez

Thanks!
I understand that this must be documented.
But I can't find if anywhere in http://docs.python.org/lib/module-optparse.html.
(maybee I just cant see it, but it is there)