From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 22.04.2024 19:45, R.Wieser wrote:   
   > Herbert,   
   >   
   >> Why not use the program name itself as first parameter,   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   > :-)  In that case I would not even bother to prefix the name of the   
   > batchfile to that commandline.   
      
   I suppose you do some other task in the batch before you   
   start the program with %*. Or tell us, what exactly you want   
   to do.   
      
      
   >> Or if you use numbers (or names) as first parameter to specify the program   
   >> you can use something like this:   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   > Besides it throwing an error when an unknown first argument would be   
      
   But exactly that should a program do: if you give an illegal input,   
   it should give an error.   
      
      
   > provided, it also doesn't do what I asked :   
   >   
   > calling it with "1 foo" would display "program 1 was called with parameter 1   
   > foo".    Its exactly that last "1" that I'm trying to get rid of.   
      
   Here I get:   
   program 1 was called with parameter foo   
      
   The 1 is removed from the parameters because it is used as label   
   for the call statement.   
      
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