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From: jrv@sdimax2.mitre.org (VanZandt)
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Subject: Re: Access to argc,argv outside main() ?
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Date: 29 Oct 90 15:12:06 GMT
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In article <3101@zgdvda.zgdvda.uucp> dingelde@zgdvda.zgdvda.uucp (Dennis Dingeldein) writes:
>My objects need to access argc and argv coming from the command line.
>Those values are undefined outside main. So, global defined objects 
>can`t access these values (Right?) .

Turbo C++ defines the global variables _argv and _argc which have the same
values as the variables argv and argc passed to main().  I ASSUME they are
available even before main() gets called.  (1) You might check
whether g++ implements them too.  (2) Maybe it has something equivalent.
(3) If not, how about some GNU guru adding them?

                           - Jim Van Zandt