add license switch

2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 79e4ffb..bad5ff5 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ git clone https://muhq.space/software/allocbench.git
 ## Usage
 
 	usage: bench.py [-h] [-s] [-l] [-r RUNS] [-v] [-b BENCHMARKS [BENCHMARKS ...]]
-	                [-ns] [-sd SUMMARYDIR] [-a] [--nolibmemusage]
+	                [-ns] [-sd SUMMARYDIR] [-a] [--nolibmemusage] [--license]
 
 	benchmark memory allocators
 
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ git clone https://muhq.space/software/allocbench.git
 	                        directory where all plots and the summary go
 	  -a, --analyse         collect allocation sizes
 	  --nolibmemusage       don't use libmemusage to analyse
+	  --license             print license info and exit
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/bench.py b/bench.py
index 93535b4..7927578 100755
--- a/bench.py
+++ b/bench.py
@@ -16,10 +16,16 @@ parser.add_argument("-ns", "--nosum", help="don't produce plots", action='store_
 parser.add_argument("-sd", "--summarydir", help="directory where all plots and the summary go", type=str)
 parser.add_argument("-a", "--analyse", help="collect allocation sizes", action='store_true')
 parser.add_argument("--nolibmemusage", help="don't use libmemusage to analyse", action='store_true')
+parser.add_argument("--license", help="print license info and exit", action='store_true')
 
 def main():
     args = parser.parse_args()
-    print (args)
+    if args.license:
+        print("Copyright (C) 2018-1029 Florian Fischer")
+        print("License GPLv3: GNU GPL version 3 <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>")
+        return
+    if args.verbose:
+        print(args)
 
     if args.summarydir and not os.path.isdir(args.summarydir):
         os.makedirs(args.summarydir)