From: Ian Perez Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: HELP!! Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 22:13:23 -0800 Organization: DiscoverNet Lines: 14 Message-ID: <34D01E03.5060@discover.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: redlandsts5-30.discover.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Ok, when I use the following program : #include int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { printf("%s", argv[1]); } When I use wildcards in the first argument, argv[1] becomes the first file matching that criteria. Is there any way to stop it from doing that?? I just want the exact string typed to be in argv[1]. Ian Perez (fish AT discover DOT net) http://www.discover.net/~fish