External argc and argv

[Chad Gatesman]

Joe Buck wrote:

> > I need to be able to access argc and argv within a static constructor.
> > The way to do this would be to access external global declarations of
> > argc and argv.  This is usually different for each platform.  For
> > example, on Digital UNIX and Irix (using their native compilers) they
> > provide __Argc and __Argv.
> >
> > From what I can see, egcs does not provide such a thing.
>
> egcs cannot, since the code that creates argc and argv is provided by
> the OS vendor, not by egcs.

I was not aware of that fact.

> > make any suggestions for me, or know of a way of accessing argc and argv
> > within a static constructor (constructs a static global object before
> > even getting to main())?
>
> There is no portable way to do the job.  You might be able to do it on
> an OS-specific basis, but the code will have to be different for each
> platform.

I am aware it will be OS specific.  I have it set up for 10 platforms right
now, and I'm looking to do this with Linux on Intel x86.  So I guess my
question is, how can I do this on Linux for Intel x86?

Chad Gatesman