Reading command line
When a transient command is run from a filing system OSARGS 1,0 can be
used to find the command line parameters. This command line is always stored
in the I/O processor. Transient commands usually run in the I/O processor so
they can read the command line parameters directly using code such as
LDA (zp),Y:
\ lptr = address in zero page to point to command line parameters \ Note, four bytes are read, so lptr+2 and lptr+3 are overwritten LDA #1:LDY #0:LDX #lptr:JSR OSARGS :\ Read address of command line parameters \ (lptr),Y now points to the start of the command's parameters
However, if a transient command is written to run in the language processor it must copy the command line to local memory, or scan it character by character over the Tube. The following code fragments copy the command line parameters to local memory. Note that this method only works with code that is run from a file, running code selected with a ROM command needs a different method as OSARGS points to the last file run, not the last command issued.
6502
\ addr = 5-byte buffer in zero page \ cmdline = 256-byte buffer to copy command line parameters to LDA #1:LDY #0:LDX #addr:JSR OSARGS :\ Read address of command line parameters .rdcmdlp TYA:PHA LDX #addr:LDY #0:LDA #5:JSR OSWORD :\ Read byte from I/O memory PLA:TAY:LDA addr+4:STA cmdline,Y:INY :\ Copy byte to local buffer INC addr:BNE rdcmdnxt:INC addr+1 :\ Increment command line address .rdcmdnxt CMP #13:BNE rdcmdlp :\ Loop until <cr>
Z80
\ addr = 5-byte buffer \ cmdline = 256-byte buffer to copy command line parameters to LD A,1:LD E,0:LD HL,addr:CALL OSARGS :\ Read address of command line parameters LD DE,cmdline .rdcmdlp LD HL,addr:LD A,5:CALL OSWORD :\ Read byte from I/O memory LD A,(addr+4):LD (DE),A:INC DE :\ Copy byte to local buffer LD HL,(addr):INC HL:LD (addr),HL :\ Increment command line address CP 13:JR NZ,rdcmdlp :\ Loop until <cr>
6809
\ Code is entered with X=>command line parameters in local memory
80186
PDP11
\ If code has a Unix header, SP=>stack frame with parameters \ Otherwise, R1=>command line parameters in local memory
32016
ARM
There is difficulty with ARM systems. The canonical method is to use SWI "OS_GetEnv", but OS_GetEnv returns inconsistant results on different ARM platforms. RISC OS and the ARM Development System return R0=>command line, but the Sprow CoPro returns R0=>"GO". Additionally, only RISC OS parses "*RUN filename parameters" correctly.
The following code will read the command line parameters to local memory on RISC OS, the ARM Development System, the Sprow ARM CoPro and the PiTube Native ARM CoPro.
MOV R0,#1:MOV R1,#0:MOV R2,#0 SWI "XOS_Args" :\ R2=address of comand line parameters ORRS R2,R2,R2:BMI rdcmdline :\ Command line in I/O processor SWI "OS_GetEnv" :\ Read command line from local memory .rdcmdlinelp1 LDRB R1,[R0],#1:CMP R1,#ASC" " BHI rdcmdlinelp1:SUB R0,R0,#1 .rdcmdlinelp2 LDRB R1,[R0],#1:CMP R1,#ASC" " BEQ rdcmdlinelp2:SUB R0,R0,#1 B rdcmdlinedone :\ R0=>command line parameters : .rdcmdline ADR R3,cmdline :\ R3=>local buffer ADR R1,addr :\ Point to control block .rdcmdlp1 STR R2,addr :\ Store address in control block MOV R0,#5:SWI "OS_Word" :\ Read byte from I/O memory LDRB R0,[R1,#4] :\ Get byte read STRB R0,[R3],#1 :\ Store in local buffer ADD R2,R2,#1 :\ Increment command line address CMP R0,#13:BNE rdcmdlp1 :\ Loop until <cr> ADR R0,cmdline :\ R0=>command line parameters .rdcmdlinedone : \ R0=>command line in local memory
BASIC
If the transient command is written in BASIC, the command line is already in local memory due to it being used by BASIC to load the program, and is collectable with the FNOS_GetEnv function in the ProgEnv program library.
Notes
Some filing systems provide the OSGBPB 9,0 call to copy the command line parameters to local memory.
Jgharston 13:56, 2 December 2009 (UTC) Jgharston (talk) 00:07, 11 December 2017 (CET) Jgharston (talk) 01:16, 1 July 2018 (CEST)
