On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Peter Gerwinski wrote:
According to Jan-Jaap van der Heijden:
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2) GPC doesn't have to be modified to implement the @file trick. This is a DOS "feature" to overcome DOS commandline-length limitations.
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Yes, but this does not work on non-DOS platforms.
Hah! , how 'bout this: ------------- ~/.gpcrc ------------------- --borland-pascal --automake ----------------- end --------------------- and: ------------- /usr/bin/bpc ---------------- #! /bin/sh if [ -f ~/.gpcrc ] ; then CFG=`cat ~/.gpcrc` ; fi gpc $CFG $* ------------------ end --------------------- The rest is up to your imagination. Greetings, JanJaap --- Thus spake the master programmer: "After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless." [The Tao Of Programming]