personally i would rather have the -- in the script being observed rather then having to do it like ./script -- arg1 arg2 should be consistent with how other scripting languages handle command line arguments/parameters
On Fri, 03 Feb 2017 23:06:38 +0100 Alexey Veretennikov <alexey.veretenni...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
