Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 14:55:55 -0500 (EST)
From: Daniel Reed <djr AT narnia DOT n DOT ml DOT org>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Accessing command line from within DJGPP
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On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Marcus Rohrmoser wrote:
) Define main as
) `int main(int argc, char** argv)`
) 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.
Actually, the values go from argv[1] to argv[argc-1], where argv[argc] is
NULL by definition.

The argument count includes *all* arguments, including the very first one
(argv[0]).

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Daniel Reed <n AT ml DOT org>
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