Subj : Multi-word cmd line parameters
To   : All
From : Jame Clay
Date : Sun Aug 19 2001 02:27 pm

Hello All!

   Did this message even get out?   I've not seen any replies to it, nor any 
new messages in it besides mine for quite sometime...

06 Aug 01 15:38, Jame Clay wrote to All:

 JC>     How can one read multi-word command line parameters into Perl 
 JC> scripts?  I have no problem with single words, but multiple words 
 JC> don't come in even when it's quoted...

 JC>     I've been using Getopts::Std;  I looked at Getopts::Long, but 
 JC> although that allows multiple letter parameters names (like 
 JC> --filename) it doesn't seem to see multiple word parameters...

 JC>     One of the things I've been working on is creating message areas 
 JC> in a mysql database, & I was wanting to have it possible to define 
 JC> the description as a command line parameter;  but when I've tried 
 JC> that it only comes up with the first word of it even when it's 
 JC> quoted...



 JC> Regards,
 JC> Jame

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Regards,
Jame

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