Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 23:09:30 -0400 From: Chris Faylor To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: _argc & _argv Message-ID: <20000801230930.A21712@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com References: <3987193F.13209.142D841@localhost>; <20000801214919.A20820@cygnus.com> <398729EF.26967.184065B@localhost> <20000801225703.A21609@cygnus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.6i In-Reply-To: <20000801225703.A21609@cygnus.com>; from cgf@cygnus.com on Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 10:57:03PM -0400 On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 10:57:03PM -0400, Chris Faylor wrote: >On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 07:50:07PM -0800, Paul Garceau wrote: >>On 1 Aug 2000, at 21:49, the Illustrious Chris Faylor wrote: >>>The only way to get the argc and argv parameters is in your main >>>function. They are passed as arguments. >>> >>>Cygwin does not have external globals that point to argc or argv. >>>Neither does UNIX. >> >>I know Unix doesn't...I didn't know that Cygwin echoed that. I think >>that is the answer I was attempting to elicit. >> >>Thank you for your patience. > >Cygwin does try to stride two worlds and it is not always easy to see >the distinction between the Windows way and the UNIX way. In >retrospect, I can't honestly say that we didn't implement __argv and >__argc because "They don't do things that way on Windows" because we ^^^^^^^ UNIX. >have made other concessions to the Microsoft way of doing things. > >In this case the real answer as to why there is no __argv and __argc is >probably "Because no one thought to add it." > >Have fun, >cgf > >-- >Want to unsubscribe from this list? >Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com -- cgf@cygnus.com Cygnus Solutions, a Red Hat company http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ http://www.redhat.com/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com