I built a simple program try to print the command line parameters.
The code is below and I built an executable file (TEST.EXE).
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int i;
printf("%s\n",argv[0]);
for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
printf("argument %d: %s\n", i, argv[i]);
exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
I try to run the TEST.EXE and print the parameters but fail.
The result of command RUN TEST.EXE test1 test2
:
%DCL-W-MAXPARM, too many parameters - reenter command with fewer parameters
What can I do to print "test1" and "test2"?
In addition, if you need to preserve the case of the arguments, you have to quote these arguments or enter
$ SET PROCESS/PARSE_STYLE=EXTENDED
once in the lifetime of your process and
$ DEFINE/USER DECC$ARGV_PARSE_STYLE TRUE
before running your program with a specific foreign command or by using automatic foreign commands (DCL$PATH). Otherwise all the unquoted arguments are converted to lowercase characters.
PS: VMS has a command language, that is, you have to enter a command to run a program. By default, file names are no commands. With defining DCL$PATH you change this default behaviour.