From: Chris Frolik <frolikcc AT indy DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: A simple program
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 15:30:04 -0500
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I tried compiling/running the following program:

/****************   TEST.C    *******************/

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   int i;
   for (i=0 ; i<argc ; i++) printf("%s ", argv[i]);
   printf("\n");
   return 0;
}

/************************************************/

Then I tried typing the following command line:

       test *.c

And I didn't get the output I expected -- It printed out all of the
files in the directory with the extension ".C".  I can see how this can
be useful -- but what if I want to pass "*.c" literally as the first
argument? (which I want to be able to do in a program I wrote).  It
seems to me this is impossible to do.  Is this because of DJGPP, or the
way DOS passes the command line?

-Chris Frolik
frolikcc AT indy DOT net