Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!rex!ukma!aunro!ersys!mforget From: ersys!mforget@nro.cs.athabascau.ca (Michel Forget) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TOS Command Line Message-ID: Date: 8 May 91 17:05:13 GMT References: Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems, Edmonton, AB, Canada Lines: 15 > All that's necessary is that the parent process and the child process agree > on whatever extended argument-passing convention is in use. Uh-oh. I am trying to pass long command lines to RZ.TTP (The Zmodem File Transfer Program) for batch Uploading and Downloading. The problem with the limit becomes obvious when you realize how few pathnames can be put on an 80 (or even 125) character command line. I wrote a program that will capture the command line when it is run and display it, and will try it on other programs that use SZ. I don't think that it supports the XARG convention you mentioned. Any other ideas? << ersys!mforget@nro.cs.athabascau.ca >> << or in the language that PEOPLE use >> << Michel Forget...:) >>