--- modules/getopt.lua.orig	Wed Feb 18 17:28:54 2009
+++ modules/getopt.lua	Wed Sep  9 13:28:20 2009
@@ -88,6 +86,7 @@ function getOpt (argIn, options)
       parseOpt (opt, arg)
     end
   end
+  argOut.n = #argOut
   return argOut, optOut, errors
 end