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diff --git a/Help/command/separate_arguments.rst b/Help/command/separate_arguments.rst index 1fd3cd1..47982a5 100644 --- a/Help/command/separate_arguments.rst +++ b/Help/command/separate_arguments.rst @@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ Parse space-separated arguments into a semicolon-separated list. :: - separate_arguments(<var> <UNIX|WINDOWS>_COMMAND "<args>") + separate_arguments(<var> <NATIVE|UNIX|WINDOWS>_COMMAND "<args>") -Parses a unix- or windows-style command-line string "<args>" and +Parses a UNIX- or Windows-style command-line string "<args>" and stores a semicolon-separated list of the arguments in ``<var>``. The entire command line must be given in one "<args>" argument. @@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ recognizes both single-quote and double-quote pairs. A backslash escapes the next literal character (``\"`` is ``"``); there are no special escapes (``\n`` is just ``n``). -The ``WINDOWS_COMMAND`` mode parses a windows command-line using the same +The ``WINDOWS_COMMAND`` mode parses a Windows command-line using the same syntax the runtime library uses to construct argv at startup. It separates arguments by whitespace that is not double-quoted. Backslashes are literal unless they precede double-quotes. See the MSDN article `Parsing C Command-Line Arguments`_ for details. +The ``NATIVE_COMMAND`` mode parses a Windows command-line if the host +system is Windows, and a UNIX command-line otherwise. + .. _`Parsing C Command-Line Arguments`: https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/a1y7w461.aspx :: |