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Re: 4.2 Project: "@file" support
- From: Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead dot org>
- To: Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, ian at airs dot com
- Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 06:12:54 +0100
- Subject: Re: 4.2 Project: "@file" support
- References: <200508250450.j7P4oWkW029722@sparrowhawk.codesourcery.com>
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 09:50:32PM -0700, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>
> I've created a new 4.2 Project page for "response files", which is
> what Microsoft calls files that contain command-line options.
> Conventionally, if you pass "@file" as an argument to a program, the
> file is read, and the contents are treated as command-line options.
Huh? That should certainly be a feature of the shell, not the OS.
> On systems with small command-line buffers, this is a must-have
> feature.
Do you really want every application to work around a broken propritary
system? Looks like gcc is really heading down the wrong way..