Re: Ada.Command_Line and wildcards

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <jz1wjypcck.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de>, Markus E Leypold writes:
> 
> rdeininger@mindspringdot.com (Robert Deininger) writes:
> 
>> In article <11wk29zr0.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de>, Markus E Leypold
>> <development-2006-8ecbb5cc8aREMOVETHIS@ANDTHATm-e-leypold.de> wrote:

>>>  - I do think the VMS shell has the same problem with the difference between 
>>>
>>>      foo yadda*.* 
>>>   
>>>    and
>>>  
>>>      foo yadda *.*
>>
>> Out of curiosity, what is the problem here in VMS?
>>
>> The first example passes 1 parameter (yadda*.*) to the command foo.  If
> 
>> The second example passes 2 parameters (yadda and *.*) to command foo.  If
> 
> To me, none. It was the role of space as argument separator some
> people have been complaining about, see the post before my reply.

What constitutes an argument separator depends on the definition of the
command language being used.  VMS defines unquoted spaces in DCL commands
as separating arguments.

If one is bound and determined to create a program that flies in the
face of what users are expecting on VMS, the Foreign Command mechanism
can be used.