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+/********************************************************************
+ *
+ * Purpose: Demonstrate getting parameters from the command line.
+ * Author:  M J Leslie
+ * Date:    27-Mar-94
+ *
+ ********************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+  int count;
+
+   /*  Main takes two variables 'argc' is the number of parms on the 
+    *  command line and 'argv' is a pointer to each of the parameters.
+    *
+    *	int argc    -- integer number called 'argc'
+    *	char *argv[] -- Character pointer array!
+    */
+
+  printf("%i parameters entered on the command line.\n", argc);
+
+				/*
+				 * progname		argc = 1
+				 * progname parm1 parm2	argc = 3
+				 */
+
+				/* 
+				 * We take 1 from argc because 
+				 * the argv array starts at zero 
+				 * an ends at argc -1
+				 */
+
+  for ( count = 0; count <= argc -1 ; count++)
+  {
+				/* printf expects a pointer 
+				 * to the text 
+				 */
+
+    printf("parm %d is %s\n", count, argv[count]);
+  }
+}