def _add_basic_args(parser):
    """Switches for all command line tools"""
    parser.add_argument('-c', '--conf-path', dest='conf_paths', action=
        'append', help='Path to alternate mrjob.conf file to read from')
    parser.add_argument('--no-conf', dest='conf_paths', action=
        'store_const', const=[], help=
        "Don't load mrjob.conf even if it's available")
    parser.add_argument('-q', '--quiet', dest='quiet', default=None, action
        ='store_true', help="Don't print anything to stderr")
    parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose', dest='verbose', default=None,
        action='store_true', help='print more messages to stderr')
