X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/0dffc025de9ebc7a54596e1018a589a6f5b8a03e..ad76f76cdd557d61497aa0ff26e0537788f2d5b6:/sdk/python/arvados/commands/_util.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/commands/_util.py b/sdk/python/arvados/commands/_util.py
index f7cb80d2ba..c42ee7aa29 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/commands/_util.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/commands/_util.py
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+import argparse
 import errno
 import os
 
+def _pos_int(s):
+    num = int(s)
+    if num < 0:
+        raise ValueError("can't accept negative value: %s" % (num,))
+    return num
+
+retry_opt = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
+retry_opt.add_argument('--retries', type=_pos_int, default=3, help="""
+Maximum number of times to retry server requests that encounter temporary
+failures (e.g., server down).  Default 3.""")
+
 def _ignore_error(error):
     return None