Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 17:28:52 -0500 (CDT)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: argument passing in go32
To: leisner AT sdsp DOT mc DOT xerox DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>I use aztec C as a realmode compiler.
>
>It uses:
>	=long command line
>
>in the environment to get around the 128 byte limitation.

You mean ${} would expand to `long command line' with a proper shell,
I assume?

>Many other applications use response files
>(i.e. @name)
>to indicate to pull the args out of 
>	name
>
>1) how can I set an environment variable "=some line"
>(I tried it on linux, putenv worked (returned 0) but I couldn't find
>it in there, 
>djgcc returns some large number...)

You might want to try setenv; putenv may be expecting at least one char
before the `=.'  BTW, setenv also exists on both platforms.

>Here's the program:
[deleted]

>How can I get go32 apps to write argc/argv into a response file?
>(I can shove this into the environment...)

Using a for statement ought to work nicely.

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