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From: ssreefc@techunix.BITNET (florin coter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: line args in (TURBO) C
Keywords: argc, argv
Message-ID: <8038@techunix.BITNET>
Date: 16 Mar 89 13:06:03 GMT
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Organization: Technion - Israel Inst. Tech., Haifa Israel
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hello world,

i refer here to a letter (i don't recall the signature) about line
arguments with TURBO C. the point is that nobody explained the bug.
i believe the following to be the true thing(sorry for the words,i
am NOT a computer man...)
disregarding the operation sysytem the program receives the line
arguments, but can access them only if declared.
the arguments are ALWAYS passed
1. argc
2. &argv[0][0]
3. &argv[0][1]
3. ........
now, if one declares
main( **argv ) {}
what will get will be argc under THE NAME argv[0][0].
consequently, this is not TURBO dependant...
i ferified this with Microsoft C 3.1, Turbo C 1.5, Mix C 1.1...
fc.
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