On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Russell Ryan wrote: >argv[] and argc are not commands, they are variables passed to a program's >(any program, not just circlemud) main() routine by the operating system's >shell. argc is the number of command line arguments typed, and argv[] is an >array holding all the arguments. >So >argv[0] would address the first command line argument, (if any). argv[1] is the first argument. argv[0] is the name of your program, as invoked. Perl has $ARGV[0] as the first argument and $0 as the program name. -- George Greer greerga@circlemud.org -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | | Newbie List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/circle-newbies/ | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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