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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 04:49:05 -0500
From: MALCOLM BOFF <Malcolm_Boff@compuserve.com>
Subject: RE: Can't getopt()
To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc: Doug <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Malcolm G. Boff
Sylmex Ltd.

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On Tue, 3 Feb 1998, Doug White wrote:=0D
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>> The program below should print the first command line argument but whe=
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>> I try to compile it I get the errors 'argc' undeclared and 'argv'=0D
>> undeclared. =0D
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>Forget your C text? :)=0D
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>> main()=0D
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>The proper declaration should be =0D
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>void=0D
>main(int argc, char** argv)=0D
>=0D
>argc is the number of arguments, argv is the string of arguments.=0D
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>change void to int and return(0) at the end if you want to be all proper=
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>UNIXlike.=0D
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My only comment to this would be that if you really want to be both=0D
'C' like and 'UN*X' like then DON'T use 'return(0)' in 'main' function=0D=

use 'exit(0)' which does considerably more than 'return' which is simply=0D=

a stack popper.=0D

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