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echo: os2prog
to: Byron Desnoyers
from: Pete Young
date: 1995-06-26 14:22:00
subject: Passing Arguments to a R

BD> When ever I pass an argument to a REXX program the argument is
BD> converted to all capital letters for some bizzare reason.  Is there
BD> any way to avoid this?  I am trying to create a batch file to call
BD> the proper archiver from a DOS or OS/2 command prompt and InfoZip
BD> will only use a "-j" vs. the "-J" my REXX batch
file keeps passing.
BD> 
BD> BTW - I am using:
BD> 
BD> -------
BD> 
BD> arg argument
BD> path"Zip.exe" argument
BD> 
BD> -------

   The documentation says "arg" converts everything to uppercase. To get an
argument with lowercase intact use "parse arg argument".
 
Pete Young
pyoung {at}hookup.net

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