Re: Local Versus Global Command Options

On 2/17/2025 6:46 PM, jayjwa wrote:

VMS seems to be alone in converting case.
 ✔≻ cat cmdlin.c
/* A program to demo printing of command line args under various OSs. */
#include <stdio.h>
  int main( int argc, char *argv[] ) {
         printf( "Did I hear you say %s?\n", argv[1] );
         return 0;
}

$ cc /version
Compaq C V6.4-005 on OpenVMS VAX V7.3
$ cc cmdlin.c
$ link cmdlin
$ mcr DUA1:[JAYJWA.PROGRAMMING.C]cmdlin Hello World
Did I hear you say hello?
$ mcr DUA1:[JAYJWA.PROGRAMMING.C]cmdlin "Hello World"
Did I hear you say Hello World?

Yeah. But look at the calendar.
$ mcr []cmdlin Hello World
Did I hear you say Hello?
$ set proc/pars=trad
$ mcr []cmdlin Hello World
Did I hear you say hello?
$ set proc/pars=ext
$ mcr []cmdlin Hello World
Did I hear you say Hello?
Arne