Question #552
How can I identify command line parameters my program was started with?
Expert's answer
To do this, you should check the variables argc and argv which contain respectively the number and the values of the parameters: int main(int argc, char* argv[]){}. Argument with index 0 is the name of the running program. The following values are the parameters of the program starting. For example:
./programm safe quick
argc = 3
argv[0] = /home/user/programm
argv[1] = safe
argv[2] = quick
./programm safe quick
argc = 3
argv[0] = /home/user/programm
argv[1] = safe
argv[2] = quick
