craig@cahaba.med.unc.edu (Ron Craig) (03/15/91)
This is a 1st-time posting to this group. I checked for a FAQ, but found none. Please respond directly. If I get good answers, I'll post them all at once. I need to know how to access commandline arguments from within my compiled BASIC program. (It's the only language available here, folks. flames > nul) I am using: CompuAdd 386 at 25 Mhz MS-DOS 4.01 IBM Personal Computer BASIC Compiler version 2.00 Microsoft 8086 linker version 3.05. Not strictly related to the question, but if you need background... I am writing a couple of utilities to document the commands on our LAN and PCs. I'm making a "whatis" command like *nix, and a "man" command which checks an environment variable MANDIR to find documentation files that have been LHarc'd (starting with network docs, then personal docs on the PC). I'd also be interested in getting suggestions on how to call LHarc from within my BASIC program: feeding LHarc the next directory to check, and detecting if the desired doc file was found within the archive. Ron Craig inet- craig@med.unc.edu CB# 8180 - UNC Chapel Hill bitnet- URONCR@UNC.BITNET AT&T- (919) 966-3681 Chapel Hill NC 27599-8180 My opinions are valued by UNC, not shared by them.