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From: eb15+@andrew.cmu.edu (Edward D. Berger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Amiga Application Startup Code question
Message-ID: <kcMf_0S00WB5A90kQc@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 22 Jun 91 02:14:24 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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I'm working on a tutorial to give my local usergroup members about writing
an 'Amiga-ized' application program.  I will be using C as the language, and
have come across the following question.

How do I 'runback' my program if the user starts from CLI with any arguments
other than "?", but echo the command template to the CLI if that is what
they obviously want.  I have an example using SAS/C that if I link with cback.o
doesn't allow the command template to be given, but then leaves the cli window
'stuck open' if I link with c.o instead.  I don't really like having to hog
a cli window by starting my program, but I think the user should be able to get
a command template.  I also don't think users should be expected to have third
party software like runback for uses like this. (Though I use it all the time.)

I would like generic code that would work with SAS/C, DICE, MANX, PDC, etc.
(This is for a generic tutorial, after all, and compatibility between both
 workbench 1.3, and Release 2 AmigaOS is desired)

...Sorry to those folks who would rather this post be about Source Code
   availability.....

Ed Berger
eb15@andrew.cmu.edu