soxdial: allow --help --man --version to work even if sox is missing.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/soxdial b/soxdial
index a836fb8..fae3dda 100755
--- a/soxdial
+++ b/soxdial
@@ -550,6 +550,19 @@ sub check_stereo {
 }
 
 # main()
+for(@ARGV) {
+	if(/--?(?:V|version)$/) {
+		print "$SELF $VERSION\n";
+		exit 0;
+	} elsif(/^--?man$/) {
+		exec "pod2man --stderr -s6 -cUrchlaysStuff -r$VERSION -u $0";
+		exit 1;
+	} elsif(/^--?(?:\?|h)/) {
+		exec "perldoc $0";
+		exit 1;
+	}
+}
+
 if(system("sox --version > /dev/null 2>&1") != 0) {
 	die "$SELF: can't execute sox, is it installed?\n";
 }
@@ -589,16 +602,7 @@ for(@ARGV) {
 for ($argc = 0; $argc < @ARGV; $argc++) {
 	$_ = $ARGV[$argc];
 
-	if(/--?(?:V|version)$/) {
-		print "$SELF $VERSION\n";
-		exit 0;
-	} elsif(/^--?man$/) {
-		exec "pod2man --stderr -s6 -cUrchlaysStuff -r$VERSION -u $0";
-		exit 1;
-	} elsif(/^--?(?:\?|h)/) {
-		exec "perldoc $0";
-		exit 1;
-	} elsif(/^--?v(?:erbose)?$/) {
+	if(/^--?v(?:erbose)?$/) {
 		$verbose = 1;
 	} elsif(/^--?n(?:oexec)?$/) {
 		$verbose = 1;