Turbo C Command-line Argument Expander(s)???

[Russ Nelson]

This is a repost, as requested by several people.  I have applied the patch
by Kevin Sweet that lets it work with switchar='-'.  Also, this is only for
TC 1.5.  I think that TC 1.0 just needs to have __argc and __argv made public,
but then again, who wants to use TC 1.0? :-)

/* setargv -- setup argv with wild card expansion                           */
/* copyright 1987  Michael M Rubenstein                                     */

/* This program may be freely distributed provided no fee is assessed.      */

/* This file implements wild card expansion in argv for Turbo C 1.5.        */
/* Strings of characters in either quotes (") or appostrophes (') on the    */
/* command line are considered a single argument.  However, backslash       */
/* escapes are not implemented.  A quote may be included in an argument     */
/* which is enclosed in appostrophes and an appostrophe may be included     */
/* in an argument enclosed in quotes.  Either may be included as an         */
/* in an argument starting with any other character.                        */

/* Any argument which is not enclosed in quotes or appostrophes, does not   */
/* begin with a hyphen (-), and which contains an asterisk (*) or question  */
/* mark (?) will be expanded.  It is NOT an error for an argument to have a */
/* null expansion (no matching files).  Only ordinary files (not            */
/* directories or hidden or system files) will be included in the           */
/* expansion.                                                               */

/* To use this function, simply compile it with the appropriate memory      */
/* model and include in the link.  This can be accomplished very simply     */
/* in the integrated environment by simply including this file in the       */
/* project file.  In the command line version, simply include this file     */
/* (or a precompiled .OBJ version) on the command line.                     */

#include <ctype.h>
#include <dir.h>
#include <dos.h>
#include <process.h>

#define FALSE           0
#define TRUE            1

void                    putarg(unsigned char far *, unsigned char far *);

extern int              _argc;
extern char             **_argv;
extern unsigned         _psp;
extern unsigned         _envseg;
extern unsigned         _envLng;
extern unsigned char    _osmajor;
extern void             _abort();
extern char             *sbrk(int);

void _setargv()
{
  unsigned char         far *cmdtail;
  unsigned char         *firstarg;
  unsigned char         far *cmdarg;
  int                   wild;
  int                   c;
  unsigned char         buffer[129];
  unsigned char         *p, *q;
  unsigned char         *lastdir;
  char                  **wargv;
  int                   i;
  struct ffblk          ffb;

  cmdtail = MK_FP(_psp, 0x81);
  cmdtail[cmdtail[-1]] = '\0';      /* make sure null at end */
  firstarg = (unsigned char *) sbrk(0);
  _argc = 1;

  while (*cmdtail != '\0')
  {
    /* skip white space */
    while (isascii(*cmdtail) && isspace(*cmdtail))
      ++cmdtail;

    /* done with command loop if end of command tail */
    if (*cmdtail == '\0')
      break;

    /* if quoted string, just save the argument */
    if ((c = *cmdtail) == '"' || c == '\'')
    {
      cmdarg = ++cmdtail;
      while (*cmdtail != c && *cmdtail != '\0')
        ++cmdtail;
      putarg(cmdarg, cmdtail);
      if (*cmdtail != '\0')
        ++cmdtail;
      continue;
    }

    /* find word */
    cmdarg = cmdtail;
    wild = FALSE;
    p = lastdir = buffer;
    while ((c = *cmdtail) != '\0'
        && (!isascii(c) || !isspace(c)))
    {
      /* wild is TRUE if word contains * or ? */
      wild |= (c == '*' || c == '?');
      if (c == '/') c = '\\';
      *(p++) = c;

      /* lastdir points to the first character of the base file name */
      if (c == '\\' || c == ':')
        lastdir = p;
      ++cmdtail;
    }
    *p = '\0';

    if (wild && *cmdarg != '-')
      for (c = findfirst((char *) buffer, &ffb, 0);
           c == 0;
           c = findnext(&ffb))
      {
        /* use lower case for wild card expanded names (my prejudice) */
        for (p = lastdir, q = (unsigned char *) ffb.ff_name; *q != '\0';)
             *(p++) = tolower(*(q++));
          ;
        putarg(buffer, p);
      }
    else
      putarg(cmdarg, cmdtail);
  }

  /* allocate argv */
  if ((wargv = (char **) sbrk(sizeof(char *) * (_argc + 1))) == (char **) -1)
    abort();
  _argv = wargv;

  /* store program name */
  if (_osmajor < 3)
    *(wargv++) = "C";
  else
  {
      cmdtail = cmdarg = MK_FP(_envseg, _envLng + 2);
#   if defined(__TINY__) || defined(__SMALL__) || defined(__MEDIUM__)
      *(wargv++) = sbrk(0);
      while (*cmdtail != '\0')
        ++cmdtail;
      putarg(cmdarg, cmdtail);
      --_argc;
#   else
      *(wargv++) = (char *) cmdarg;
#   endif
  }

  /* store arguments */
  for (i = _argc; --i;)
  {
    *(wargv++) = (char *) firstarg;
    while(*++firstarg != '\0')
      ;
    ++firstarg;
  }
  *wargv = (char *) 0;
}

static void putarg(from, to)
  unsigned char         far *from, far *to;
{
  char                  *p;

  if ((p = sbrk(to - from + 1)) == (char *) -1)
    abort();
  while (from < to)
   *(p++) = *(from++);
  *p = '\0';
  ++_argc;
}
-- 
-russ
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