[Coco] reading the command line in assembler

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 13 March 2009, Bob Devries wrote:
>hi all,
>
>No, I don't need to know *how* to read the command line; I already know that
>
>:)
>
>When a command in NitrOS9 executes, X points to the command line, which is
>terminated in a carriage return. I'd like to know if the memory after the
>last character can be assumed to be $00?
>
I don't believe so.  A proper program, presumes it is done with the command 
parsing when it finds the $0D.  There could be anything beyond that.

>In C, the number of command line arguments and the array of arguments are
>nicely packaged. Not so in assembler, I fear.
>
>If this information is in the manual, will some kind soul point me to the
>page?
>
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>Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>
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The solution of this problem is trivial and is left as an exercise for
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