Hi, Yes ./script -- myarg works.
The problem is why I have to repeat -- in command line since I've already specified it in the first line of the script, as it is specified in documentiation. Basically I would like to pass my arguments to the script without mentioning "--" in the command line. Juergen Sauermann <juergen.sauerm...@t-online.de> writes: > Hi Alexey, > > how about this: > > *eedjsa@server66:~/tmp$ ./script -- arg** > **DUMPED 2017-01-28 22:57:44 (GMT+1)** > **┌→────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐** > **│┌→─────────────────┐ ┌→───────┐ ┌→───────┐ ┌→─┐ ┌→──┐│** > **││/usr/local/bin/apl│ │--script│ │./script│ │--│ │arg││** > **│└──────────────────┘ └────────┘ └────────┘ └──┘ └───┘│** > **└∊────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘* > > There is no point (and it does not work) to put the arguments in the first > line > of the script, > because if the script itself knows them then the rest of the script can use > them > as well. > > *⎕ARG *is what is passed to the script, not what is passed to the interpreter > mentioned in the script. > See also *man execve*. > > /// Jürgen > > > On 02/03/2017 08:29 PM, Alexey Veretennikov wrote: >> Given the following script: >> ------------------------------------------ >> #!apl --script -- >> )copy 5 FILE_IO FIO∆errno >> 8⎕CR ⎕ARG >> )off >> ------------------------------------------ >> when I try to run it like >> >> ./script.apl myarg >> >> I get the error: >> >> /script.apl myarg >> unknown option 'myarg' >> ... >> >> This happens on 833 and 1.5 and on both linux and osx. >> >> In INFO file it explicitely states: >> >> "Using ’—-’ as last argument on the first line of the script file >> prevents any of the options given to the script to be interpreted as APL >> options; all such options are passed to the application via ⎕ARG." >> >> But it is not happening. >> >> >> > -- Br, /Alexey