exclude-from= a file that contains exclude paths (can be used more than once)
v,verbose increase log output (can be used more than once)
"""
-o = options.Options('bup index', optspec)
+o = options.Options(optspec)
(opt, flags, extra) = o.parse(sys.argv[1:])
if not (opt.modified or opt['print'] or opt.status or opt.update or opt.check):