Re: 4.2 Project: "@file" support

[Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com>]

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> 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.

I'm not sure what you're saying.  The limitation on command-line length 
can be in either the shell, or the OS.  In Windows 2000, the limitation 
comes primarily from the Windows command shell.

> > 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?

I want GCC to work well for people, no matter what operating system they 
are using.  This is a feature that everyone who produces Windows-hosted 
versions of GCC ends up implementing; I'd like to keep us all from 
having to keep reinventing the wheel.

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