From: mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk (George Foot)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: A simple program
Date: 12 Oct 1997 22:24:18 GMT
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Chris Frolik (frolikcc AT indy DOT net) wrote:
: 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?

It's because djgpp globs the command line like Unix shells do, expanding
wildcards automatically. If you want to use the parameter `*.c', you must
enclose it in quotes. Alternatively, you can #include <crt0.h> and define
your own globbing function which does nothing. For full details, please
see the FAQ or crt0.h itself.

-- 
George Foot <mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
Merton College, Oxford