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From: soohoo@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Ken Soohoo)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: argc and argv with gem
Keywords: MWC, argc, argv, GEM, commands.
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Date: 15 Sep 88 17:42:38 GMT
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In article <3441@boulder.Colorado.EDU> cochrane@spot.Colorado.EDU (COCHRANE JIM T) writes:
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>How does one go about writing a GEM program that will accept arguments to
>main via argc and argv?  I'm using Mark Williams C and when I try to use
>argc and argv with a GEM program the program bombs.
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>Thanks for any help,
>Jim Cochrane

As far as I know, with MWC 3.0 (2.1.7 also), the method for using argc
and argv from a GEM type program is to NOT use the -VGEM flag,
instead, use the -laes -lvdi options as the last part of your cc command:

cc -o myprog.prg main.o mod1.o mod2.o -laes -lvdi

As far as _I_ can tell, argv[0] is undefined, and is NOT standard K&R
from the desktop, but from the MSH shell it's OK (supposed to be the
name of the program being executed).

--Kenneth Soohoo	(soohoo@cory.Berkeley.Edu)
  Atari 400/800/600xl/800xl/1200/130xe/65xe, 1040ST hacker
  Sometime Berkeley Student, othertimes...
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