Updated August 2024; see History
xcall MIAMEX, MX_ASHFILE, startcmd {,ashfile, ashexe, ashexedir}
MX_ASHFILE (MIAMEX 130) returns various parts of the command line with which the current session of A-Shell was launched.
Parameters
startcmd (String) [out]
Returns the initial A-Shell command line, i.e. the part of the overall command line by which A-Shell was launched, that was left to process when it first gets to the dot prompt. If A-Shell was launched without specifying a startup command, the default is "astart."
ashfile (String) [out]
For Windows, returns the name of the settings (.ash) file that was specified on the ashw32 command line (-o parameter). For Unix, returns a null string.
ashexe (String) [out]
Returns the ashell executable name, as specified in the command line. This may, or may not be fully qualified, depending on what was specified in the launch command line. Under Unix, likely possibilities are "ashell" or "/vm/miame/ashell." Under Windows, a likely possibility is c:\vm\miame\bin\ashw32.exe.
ashexe (String) [out]
Facilitate retrieving the A-Shell executable directory. In Windows, the ashexe parameter will usually contain the full A-Shell executable filespec from which you could extract the directory. But in the Linux environment, the ashexe parameter will contain only the first token on the command line, typically just 'ashell' or possibly a partial relative path, leaving the ashexedir parameter as the only reliable way to determine where the executable was launched from.
Examples
Original command line (Unix): ./ashell -i /vm/miame/miame.ini main.cmd
startcmd: "main.cmd"
ashfile: ""
ashexe: "./ashell"
Original command line (Windows): c:\vm\miame\bin\ashw32.exe -i c:\vm\miame\miame.ini -o c:\vm\miame\custom.ash main.cmd
startcmd: "main.cmd"
ashfile: "c:\vm\miame\custom.ash"
ashexe: "c:\vm\miame\bin\ashw32.exe"
History
August 2024, A-Shell 7.0.1762: Add new parameter ashexedir.
