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9.4 The OPERATING-SYSTEM module

tokenize-command-string

Function

Summary

Parses a command line into a command name and arguments.

Signature

tokenize-command-string line => command #rest arguments

Arguments

line
An instance of <byte-string>.

Values

command
An instance of <byte-string>.

arguments
Instances of <byte-string>.

Library

system

Module

operating-system

Description

Parses the command specified in line into a command name and arguments. The rules used to tokenize the string are given in Microsoft's C/C++ reference in the section "Parsing C Command-Line Arguments".

See also

application-arguments, page 182

application-name, page 183


System and I/O Reference - 31 MAR 2000

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