help with command line arguments...

Snyp

Im going to make a console project... don't ask... and I need to add command line arguments, im using windows xp, and somehow when I add the command line arguments to the end of the filename e.g. somefile.exe /something it says "/" and a bunch of other characters aren't alowed to be used... has windows xp completely taken off command line arguments??:confused: sry its just that the last time I had command line arguments to one of my programs was when windows '98 came out. Actual Linux Penguins were harmed in the creation of this message.

ian mariano

/*   C madness   */
#include   <stdio.h>
 
int   main(int argc, char** argv)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++)
       printf("Arg %d = %s\r\n", i, argv[i]);
 
    return 0;
}

This small C program will dump the args. The process of receiving args for console apps hasn't changed a bit ;)

Ian Mariano - http://www.ian-space.com/
"We are all wave equations in the information matrix of the universe" - me

ian mariano

Oh yeah. If you're wanting a string with spaces, enclose them in quotes to get a single argument, e.g., long filenames with spaces: someprog.exe /v /n:5 "c:\my program data\my file data.txt" The above yields 3 arguments passed to someprog.exe, plus somearg.exe itself. arg0 = someprog.exe arg1 = /v arg2 = /n:5 arg3 = c:\my program data\my file data.txt

Ian Mariano - http://www.ian-space.com/
"We are all wave equations in the information matrix of the universe" - me

Snyp

are you doing this on windows xp.. because for me it says / and some other characters are illegal to use Actual Linux Penguins were harmed in the creation of this message.