I've noticed a difference in command line parsing between FreeDOS and PC-DOS.
Both FreeDOS and PC-DOS put the command line, starting with the character after the executable, in a buffer at offset 0x80 in the PSP. The behavior difference I see with FreeDOS is if the first non-blank character after the executable is a left parenthesis, then FreeDOS sets 0x80 in the PSP to zero so the rest of the command line is not available. Examples of what is in PSP 0x80: Command Line: SOMEPROG (aa bb cc FreeDOS: "\0" DOS: " (aa bb cc\0" Command Line: SOMEPROG abc (cc dd ee FreeDOS and DOS: " abc (cc dd ee\0" Does anyone know why FreeDOS behaves differently when the first character after the executable is a left parenthesis? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
