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Re: Specifying command line arguments in a file?
Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com> writes:
> We need to bite the bullet and implement -@. In fact, we should do it
If you do this, please adopt the convention that borland, djgpp, and
cygwin use. DJGPP has been using it for over twelve years, so I know
adopting it won't cause unexpected problems. Note: djgpp and cygwin
do this to *all* programs, not just gcc.
The convention is: If an argument begins with '@' and the rest of the
argument is a valid existing file name, arguments are read from the
file (ws-delimited) and inserted into the command line. If the '@'
isn't followed by a valid existing filename, the argument with the '@'
is left as-is.