On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 13:39:43 UTC, KO Myung-Hun wrote:

> How can I get full parameters containging '//' ?

It's a peculiarity which happens because '//' means sometjing special.
There's a workaround in the REXX Tip and Tricks document (see Hobbes).
But it's not very long, so here it is (copied verbatim, I take no
credit):

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First, create an OS/2 batch file to launch your REXX program:

@ECHO OFF
REM *** OS/2 Batch program to launch a REXX program with
REM normally inpossible parameters for REXX programs
REM

REM *** init the environment variable for the parameters
SET REXXParms=

REM *** copy the parameters to the environment variable
REM (use a loop to handle more than 9 parameters)
REM
:PLOOP
IF '%1' == '' GOTO CALLREXX
SET REXXParms=%REXXPARMS% %1
SHIFT
GOTO PLOOP

:CALLREXX
REM *** now call the REXX program
REM *** This line was buggy in RXT&T versions prior to 3.20!
REM The parameter for the REXX program is the name of the
REM environment variable containing the parameters!
myRexxProg REXXParms


Second, use the following prolog to get the parameters in your REXX
program:


/* sample REXX program prolog to get the parameters from an
*/
/* environment variable
*/

/* get the name of the environment variable with
*/
/* the parameters
*/
parse arg parmVar .

/* get the parameters from the environment
*/
/* variable
*/
thisParms = value( parmVar , , "OS2ENVIRONMENT" )

/* if necessary, delete surrounding "
*/
thisParms = strip( strip( thisParms ), 'B', '"' )
say "The parameters for this program are:" thisParms

And third: Use only the OS/2 batch program to launch your REXX
program.
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> If I call argall.cmd with parameters containing double slash(//), argall

> How can I get full parameters containging '//' ?

ObjectREXX no longer has this problem, which is related to the fact
that // is reserved. A workaround can be found in RXTT*.zip@Hobbes,
section General hints for REXX -> Parameters -> Workaround for the
// limitation (and related links).



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Thanks.

Now, I switched to OREXX.

ML wrote:

> > If I call argall.cmd with parameters containing double slash(//), argall
>
> > How can I get full parameters containging '//' ?
>
>ObjectREXX no longer has this problem, which is related to the fact
>that // is reserved. A workaround can be found in RXTT*.zip@Hobbes,
>section General hints for REXX -> Parameters -> Workaround for the
>// limitation (and related links).
>
>
>
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>
>

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