Bug in command-line option (-w)

[kanen]

I should be able to specify command-line options to be used with (main-args)

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$ newlisp -word hi

ERR: no working directory found


This is a problem, because I did not specify "-w <working directory>" -- even though newLisp believes I did.



Maybe check for a space after -w?

[Lutz]

You can specify your own options after the script name and they will not be confused with newLISP options:

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[newlisp /home/public]$ newlisp test -word -lol
=>("newlisp" "test" "-word" "-lol")
[newlisp /home/public]$


or as a shell script:

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[newlisp /home/public]$ ./test -word -lol
=>("/home/public/cgi-bin/newlisp" "./test" "-word" "-lol")
[newlisp /home/public]$


don't forget an (exit) statement at the end of your script, or newLISP will try to process the options meant to be for the script:

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#!/home/public/cgi-bin/newlisp

(println "=>" (main-args))

(exit)    ; important




ps: when using the -w option for newLISP, it should not be followed by a script, except when you adjust the path to the script accordingly