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Re: Coreutils C question

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Seems here is the explanation.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19276701/what-does-initialize-main-argc-argv-do


On Tuesday, March 20, 2012 5:14:27 AM UTC+5:30, Benjamin S. wrote:
> Hi, I'm reading the source code for coreutils. There are a few things I 
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> don't understand. The current one is the function:
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> initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
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> The definition seems to be:
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> /* Redirection and wildcarding when done by the utility itself.
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>    Generally a noop, but used in particular for native VMS. */
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> #ifndef initialize_main
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> # define initialize_main(ac, av)
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> #endif
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> The changelog says:
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> 2003-06-17  Jim Meyering  <jim@meyering.net>
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> 	* src/system.h (initialize_main): Define.
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> 	Use it in every `main'.  Applied via this:
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> 	p='initialize_main (&argc, &argv);'
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> 	perl -ni -e '/program_name.=.argv.0/ and print "  '"$p"'\n"; 
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> print' \
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> 	  $(grep -l program_name.=.argv.0 *.c)
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> 	test.c uses margc/margv, so I made the change manually for that 
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> file.
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> 	Based on a patch from Bernard Giroud.
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> I really don't understand what it's doing. My current understanding is 
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> that it's doing nothing. Any help?

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