From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Accessing command line from within DJGPP
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 09:49:29 -0800
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Marcus Rohrmoser wrote:

> Define main as
> `int main(int argc, char** argv)`

Technically, the prototype has char *argv[] (though the name of the
variable doesn't matter since it's local), but since arrays
automatically decay to pointers in function parameters, it doesn't make
much difference.

> and you`ll have the number of arguments in `argc` and the values in
> argv[1] to argv[argc]. argv[argc+1] is NULL by definition. argv[0] is
> the program`s name.

argv is a zero-based, C array just like anything else.  argc gives the
total number of elements in the array, which is the number of arguments
to the program plus one (for the program name itself).  argv[0] is the
program name, argv[1] is the first argument, argv[2] is the second
argument, etc., argv[argc - 1] is the last argument, and argv[argc] is
the null pointer.  argv[argc + 1] is undefined and will likely crash.

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