Command line parameters?

[Kevin]

Thanks for the suggestion but I do not believe this will function on non *NIX platforms.  I really need a multiplatform solution since I expect my applications to run on MSWindows and several*NIX platforms (a requiredment of the product).


Kevin


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 --- On Thu 03/11, James Cass < cassj at earthlink.net > wrote:
From: James Cass [mailto: cassj at earthlink.net]
To: nnoydb at excite.com, use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 03:35:44 -0500
Subject: Re: Command line parameters?

Kevin -<br><br>The environment variable you're looking for is:  $#<br>For example, if I had this little shell script called "args.sh"<br><br>	#!/bin/sh<br>	echo Number of arguments passed is $#<br>	for arg in "$@"<br>	do<br>   	  echo $arg<br>	done<br><br>and passed it this:<br>	args.sh 1 2 3 4 5<br><br>it would return this:<br><br>	Number of arguments passed is 8<br>	1<br>	2<br>	3<br>	4<br>	5<br><br>Hope this helps....James<br><br><br>On Mar 11, 2004, at 2:14 AM, Kevin wrote:<br><br>><br>><br>> I am unable to locate a construct that would provide the number of <br>> parameters that have been passed via the command line.  I am aware of <br>> $0 ... $n but how does one know how many there are a how would I loop <br>> through them?<br>><br>> Kevin<br>><br>><br>> -==-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-<br>> Disclaimer:<br>><br>> Any resemblance between the above views and those of my<br>> employer, my terminal, or the view out my window are purely<br>> coincidental.<br>> Any resemblance between the above and my own views is <br>> non-deterministic.<br>><br>>  The question of the existence of views in the absence of anyone to <br>> hold<br>> them<br>> is left as an exercise for the reader. The question of the existence of<br>> the reader<br>>  is left as an exercise for the second god coefficient.<br>> (A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism is beyond the<br>> scope of this article.)<br>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com<br>> The most personalized portal on the Web!<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> use-revolution mailing list<br>> use-revolution at lists.runrev.com<br>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution<br>><br><br>

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