Re: Command-line apps now harder (Can you pass arguments?)

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From: Charles G. Bennett
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 16:17

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In article <1992Sep4.194248.568@leland.Stanford.EDU>  
qureshi@unixhub.slac.stanford.edu ("For deposit only") writes:
> In article <1992Sep2.141110.19865@pencom.com> alex@laos (Alex D. Nghiem)  
> writes:
> > 
> > You can always use open, such as open Example.app to launch the  
application.
> > 
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > 
> > Alex Duong Nghiem          Phone: (512) 343-1111
> 
> How can you also pass arguments to the application being opened.  e.g, open  
> bar.app and have it open a file called "foo".  
> 
> I tried "open bar.app foo" but it doesn't work.
> 
> Thanx,
> 
> imran

Well NXArgv and NXArgc are still there, so If YOU are writing the app
just use the getopt stuff to parse the "bad fellows"  out.

Chuck
-- 
Chuck Bennett, BenaTong Consulting
Harem Security (UNIX Consulting :-) )
cgb@count0.cmhnet.org

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