> -----Original Message----- > From: Jenda Krynicky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 10:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: passing an empty string to a perl script via command line > > > From: Bob Showalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The parsing of the command line and preparation of the argument list > > is a function of the shell or command interpreter. Perl > just takes the > > argument list given to it via the execve() call. > > This is not true under Windows. > There the program doesn't get a list of parameters, but a "command > line" and has to parse it itself. Which is usualy done by calling > some function from C runtime libraries. > > It is done for you automaticaly, but it is within the program, not > outside.
Shows how much I know about Windoze! Thanks for the correction. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
