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From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: re:calling a file as an argument to main
Date:	6 Dec 2001 17:18:53 GMT
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C102000 AT aol DOT com wrote:

> I am using windows 98 and i am used to using unix, in unix to call a
> file as an argument to main, you include the filename when you call
> the program from the command line window. I have read the faqs but i
> cannot find the equivilent for a windows c program any ideas?.

First of all, please note that DJGPP doesn't build "Windows C
programs", which means there's quite a chance that you're asking this
question in the wrong place.

That set aside: the usual method is exactly the same for Windows
programs as the one you know from Unix.  It just happens behind the
scenes, where you usually don't see it.  E.g. if you drag'n'drop a
file onto an executable program, or just double-click a document file
with a registered application for it, the effect usually is exactly
that Windows sets up a command line by putting the filename after the
program name and executes that.  You can actually see that if you look
at the registered file types and edit the "open" action defined for
such a type.  

If you want to, you can always type, e.g.

	notepad myfile.txt

in a DOS shell to start Notepad and immediately have it open
"myfile.txt"
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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