--- a/bin/pvl.backup-rsync	Mon Apr 22 00:36:14 2013 +0300
+++ b/bin/pvl.backup-rsync	Mon Apr 22 00:36:23 2013 +0300
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
         sudo sh -c "PYTHONPATH=. rsync -e './bin/pvl.backup-rsync --debug -C --' -ax testing:lvm:asdf:test test/tmp"
 """
 
+import pvl.args
+
 from pvl.backup import __version__
 from pvl.backup.rsync import RSyncCommandFormatError
 from pvl.backup.invoke import InvokeError
@@ -39,14 +41,7 @@
     )
 
     # logging
-    general = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, "General Options")
-
-    general.add_option('-q', '--quiet',      dest='loglevel', action='store_const', const=logging.WARNING, help="Less output")
-    general.add_option('-v', '--verbose',    dest='loglevel', action='store_const', const=logging.INFO,  help="More output")
-    general.add_option('-D', '--debug',      dest='loglevel', action='store_const', const=logging.DEBUG, help="Even more output")
-    general.add_option('--debug-for',        action='append', metavar='MODULE', help="Enable logging for the given logger/module name")
-
-    parser.add_option_group(general)
+    parser.add_option_group(pvl.args.parser(parser))
 
     #
     parser.add_option('-c', '--command',    metavar='CMD', default=os.environ.get('SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND'),
@@ -82,24 +77,14 @@
 
     # defaults
     parser.set_defaults(
-        debug_for   = [],
-        loglevel    = logging.INFO,
-
         restrict_path   = [],
     )
 
     # parse
     options, args = parser.parse_args(argv[1:])
-
-    # configure
-    logging.basicConfig(
-        format  = argv[0] + ': %(levelname)6s %(name)s : %(funcName)s : %(message)s',
-        level   = options.loglevel,
-    )
-
-    # enable debugging for specific targets
-    for target in options.debug_for :
-        logging.getLogger(target).setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    
+    # general logging/etc
+    pvl.args.apply(options)
 
     return options, args