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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to All   
   Re: Local Versus Global Command Options   
   18 Feb 25 01:21:24   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:38:57 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
      
   > On 2/17/2025 4:49 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:02:37 -0700, Mark Berryman wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> $ gs -q -P- -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sstdout=%stderr   
   >>> -sOutputFile=.pdf .ps   
   >>>   
   >>> Again, see?  No quoting.  No case conversion.  Ghostscript sees the   
   >>> command exactly as I typed it and I typed it exactly as I would on a   
   >>> *nix system.   
   >>   
   >> Can you show us a simple C program that just prints out its command   
   >> arguments, and how it responds to some sample command lines?   
   >   
   > Why would we do that?   
      
   To prove that Mr Berryman is blowing smoke out his arse.   
      
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