Re: How to run a C program taking command line arguments on VMS

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From: mmiller4
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 12:31

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In article <4h1u5d$s5c@news.fsu.edu>, meil@firnvx.firn.edu (Lynn Mei) writes:
>Could someone tell me how to run a C program which takes command line 
>arguments on VAX/VMS? I have checked the FAQ about openVMS and tried the 
>instructions. But I couldn't get it work. I don't have an openVMS mannual.  
>Please help me!
>
>If run on Unix or DOS, I could type something like
>
>  myprog -lu abcd

You need to define a "foreign command" in DCL.  For example:

$ myprog == "$path:myprog.exe"
$ myprog -lu abcd

Note that VMS will convert the command line arguments to lowercase.  To prevent
this from happening, surround the arguments you do not want converted with
double quotes ("ARGUMENT").  For example:

$ myprog -lu "abcd"
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Michael G. Miller                          "Nobody rides for free!!!" -- RATT
Ford Motor Credit Company
mmiller4@fc.ford.com

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