OpenEuphoria

Re: command_line() bug in ex.exe 2.4

• Posted by Bernie Ryan <xotron at bluefrog.com> Nov 04, 2004
• 469 views

Robert Craig wrote:
>  
> The DOS command line is not handled the way you would like, 
> but I don't have control over that. I just take the command line 
> arguments as the system provides them to me. (Same on Linux
> and FreeBSD).
> 
> For Windows, I get the command line as one long string,
> and I have to break it up into separate arguments, taking
> quotes into account. If there was something wrong, 
> I might be able to correct it. But apparently you like the
> way exw does things.
> 
> I don't necessarily agree that Euphoria's 
> command line arguments must be completely consistent 
> across all platforms. The O/S and the command shell 
> can process the command line before the program sees it.
> Even between DOS and Windows, I think there may be 
> subtle differences beyond what you've observed.
> 
> Regards,
>    Rob Craig
>    Rapid Deployment Software
>    <a href="http://www.RapidEuphoria.com">http://www.RapidEuphoria.com</a>
> 

Rob:

Here are the rules that microsoft uses to parse the command.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vccelng/htm/progs_12.asp

Bernie

My files in archive:
w32engin.ew mixedlib.e eu_engin.e win32eru.ew

Can be downloaded here:
http://www.rapideuphoria.com/cgi-bin/asearch.exu?dos=on&win=on&lnx=on&gen=on&keywords=bernie+ryan