'Issue with option arguments in GNAT.Command_Line

I'm having an issue parsing input arguments in Ada using the GNAT.Command_Line package. I've modeled my approach based off resources such as this Ada Gem as well as this answer, but can't seem to get the argument-accepting switches working correctly.

main.adb:

with Ada.Text_IO;           use Ada.Text_IO;
with Ada.Strings.Unbounded; use Ada.Strings.Unbounded;
with Command_Line;          use Command_Line;

procedure Main is
   CLS : Command_Line_State;
begin
   Parse_Command_Line (State => CLS);
end Main;

Command_Line.ads:

with Ada.Containers.Vectors; use Ada.Containers;
with Ada.Directories;        use Ada.Directories;
with Ada.Strings.Unbounded;  use Ada.Strings.Unbounded;
with Ada.Text_IO;            use Ada.Text_IO;
with Gnat.Command_Line;      use Gnat.Command_Line;
with Gnat.OS_Lib;            use Gnat.OS_Lib;
with Gnat.Strings;           use Gnat.Strings;

package Command_Line is

   type Output_Type is (CSV, TXT);

   type Filename_Record is record
      Was_Given : Boolean;
      Filename  : Unbounded_String;
      Path      : Unbounded_String;
   end record;

   package Filename_Vectors is new Vectors (Positive, Filename_Record);

   type Command_Line_State is record
      Filenames        : Filename_Vectors.Vector;
      Interactive_Mode : Boolean := False;
      Output_Format    : Output_Type;
   end record;

   procedure Parse_Command_Line (State : in out Command_Line_State);

end Command_Line;

Command_Line.adb:

package body Command_Line is

   procedure Parse_Command_Line(State : in out Command_Line_State) is
      Configuration : Command_Line_Configuration;
      In_Path       : aliased Gnat.Strings.String_Access;
      Out_Path      : aliased Gnat.Strings.String_Access;
      Interactive   : aliased Boolean := False;
      CSV_Format    : aliased Boolean := False;
   begin
  
      Define_Switch (Config      => Configuration,
                     Output      => In_Path'Access,
                     Switch      => "-i",
                     Long_Switch => "--inpath",
                     Help        => "Supplies an external path for case files not colocated with the program",
                     Argument    => "PATH");
      Define_Switch (Config      => Configuration,
                     Output      => Out_Path'Access,
                     Switch      => "-o",
                     Long_Switch => "--outpath",
                     Help        => "Identifies an external path or directory to write output data to",
                     Argument    => "PATH");
      Define_Switch (Config      => Configuration,
                     Output      => Interactive'Access,
                     Switch      => "-n",
                     Long_Switch => "--interactive",
                     Help        => "Places program into interactive mode");
      Define_Switch (Config      => Configuration,
                     Output      => CSV_Format'Access,
                     Switch      => "-c",
                     Long_Switch => "--csv",
                     Help        => "Output data in CSV, rather than TXT format");
      Getopt (Configuration);
  
      declare
         In_Path_Unbounded  : Unbounded_String := To_Unbounded_String (In_Path.all);
         Out_Path_Unbounded : Unbounded_String := To_Unbounded_String (Out_Path.all);
      begin
         Put_Line ("Input file path:  '" & To_String (In_Path_Unbounded) & "'.");
         Put_Line ("Output file path: '" & To_String (Out_Path_Unbounded) & "'.");
      end;
  
      if Interactive then
         Put_Line ("Interactive mode (-n, --interactive) was set to: True.");
      else
         Put_Line ("Interactive mode (-n, --interactive) was set to: False.");
      end if;
 
      if CSV_Format then
         Put_Line ("CSV formatting mode (-c, --csv) was set to:      True.");
      else
         Put_Line ("CSV formatting mode (-c, --csv) was set to:      False.");
      end if;
  
   end Parse_Command_Line;

end Command_Line;

Note that some structure is present for the final end use application. When I run the program from a PowerShell window with the following options:

.\main.exe -i INPATH -o OUTPATH -n -c

I get the following result:

Input file path:  ''.
Output file path: ''.
Interactive mode (-n, --interactive) was set to: True.
CSV formatting mode (-c, --csv) was set to:      True.

How do I modify my existing code so that the Getopt parser and GNAT.Command_Line correctly capture the arguments (i.e. INPATH and OUTPATH) for string-accepting options?



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