Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 22:13:18 -0700 (PDT)
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To: hwstock AT swcp DOT com, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: Reading the command line
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At 02:08  10/24/1997 -0600, H.W. Stockman wrote:
>Jon Seanor wrote:
>> 
>> Just a quick question.
>> 
>> I'm forever forgetting the syntax for reading the command line, i.e. passing
>> it to the main function as parameters.  Do you know what the syntax is?
>> 
>> void main(char* argv[], int argc)        <---is this right?
>> {}
>
>order reversed -- argc first.  That should be in just
>about any C book...
And it is `int main', NOT `void main'. `main' MUST ALWAYS return `int'. This
is the correct declaration:

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{}

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net