Thanks Mark. The project manager decided to add a command line option.... so env parameters is no longer on my critical path. (I'm working around current autotools dep builds...) Someday I hope to return to reading parameters from runtime env, will let you know how that goes when I return to your notes! -George
On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 1:16 PM MJ <mafsys1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 31/01/2020 5:12 am, Sad Clouds wrote: > > It would help if you provided a few specific examples. I don't quite > > understand what you're trying to do, i.e. read config files for a build > > system, or read config files for a running program, or something else. > > I have to agree. Examples go a long way to helping with a problem. One sage > old lecturer of mine once said: > > "Don't expect others to know what you know, but explain in detail so they > eventually do" > > -- George Georgalis, (415) 894-2710, http://www.galis.org/