Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/12/09/15:55:45
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 03:36:52PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 08:52:16PM +0100, Pavel Kudrna wrote:
>> Christopher Faylor wrote://
>>
>>>On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 12:41:22PM +0100, Pavel Kudrna wrote:
>>>
>>>>The caller of WinMain() incorrectly parses the command line if e.g.
>>>>the space is present in the path or filename of the executable.
>>>>The lpCmdLine then contains part of the filename at the beginning.
>>>>
>>>>/* program.c*/
>>>>#include <windows.h>
>>>>int APIENTRY WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
>>>>LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow )
>>>>{
>>>> MessageBox(NULL, lpCmdLine, "lpCmdLine:", MB_OK );
>>>> return 0;
>>>>}
>>>>
>>>>$ gcc program.c -mwin32
>>>>$ mv a.exe "a a.exe"
>>>>$ "./a a.exe" "1st parameter" 2nd\ parameter
>>>>
>>>>Then MessageBox shows that lpCmdLine contains:
>>>>a.exe" "1st parameter" "2nd parameter"
>>>>
>>>>If program is compiled with -mno-cygwin the bug is not present and
>>>>lpCmdLine is ok:
>>>>"1st parameter" "2nd parameter"
>>>
>>>Sounds like you should be using argv[] rather than lpCmdLine.
>>
>>Yes, but that means to create main() function.
>
>Right. We're talking about *UNIX* here. That's what Cygwin is all about.
>main is rather implied.
Apologies. After another 30 seconds of deep thought I realized that the above
statement was completely clueless.
If we are going to provide a WinMain, it should do the right thing. I'll look
at fixing libcmain.c and generating a new snapshot.
Unfortunately, this will require relinking your software.
cgf
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