Re: Local Versus Global Command Options

On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:23:07 -0700, Mark Berryman wrote:

On 2/17/25 2:49 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>

Can you show us a simple C program that just prints out its command
arguments, and how it responds to some sample command lines?

 
Easily.

Try some more subtle examples. On a proper POSIX-type system:

    QUOTE='"'
    ./test "Hello World" ${QUOTE}Hello World${QUOTE}
    Hello World
    "Hello
    World"

Try to get the equivalent in DCL:

    quote = """"
    «rigmarole equivalent to ./test» "Hello World" 'quote'Hello World'quote'

What’s it going to print?