Short: read thousands of CLI args from Blitz Author: lombi@iprimus.com.au (Lorence Lombardo) Uploader: lombi iprimus com au (Lorence Lombardo) Type: dev/blitz Version: 4-Nov-10 Architecture: m68k-amigaos Unlike other CLI parameter/argument routines this one is able to read thousands without crashing. I think the reason why other parameter/argument routines crash is because they are reading the entire argument string into a single string which exceeds the allocated string buffer. This parameter routine is different. It does not store the entire argument string. It only stores the individual parameters. The entire argument string is read at 1 byte at time from a pointer provided by the OS. "cli_args.exe" is able to read thousands of CLI parameters even tho it has only been compiled with a humble "String Buffer Size" of 2048 bytes. I conducted the following experiment with "cli_args.exe" and a program called "f-req.lha" from the aminet:- I ran "cli_args.exe" from CLI as follows:- cli_args.exe >ram:test.txt `f-req multiselect` I then selected all of the 3019 files in my YAM/incoming directory. The file "ram:test.txt" was 137772 bytes. As you can see this by far exceeds my "String Buffer Size" of 2048 bytes. Had I have stored the entire argument string into a single string "cli_args.exe" would have crashed, but instead it worked like a charm. :) Within this archive I have provided 3 main different argument routines so you can select the routine which is most suitable for your particular program if you choose to use any one of these routines. If you wish to use these CLI arg routines with a WB program then you should use an alternative to "WBStartup" such as "wbmessage". These CLI arg routines were influenced by "Args.bas" from here:- http://aminet.net/package/dev/basic/Basic_Utils Feeling bored ? :) Why not check out this URL ? http://home.iprimus.com.au/lombi/1/homepage.htm