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GetCommandLine Method 145

Applies To: Root

Description

The GetCommandLine method returns the command line that was used to start the current Dyalog APL session or application.

The GetCommandLine method is niladic.

The result is a character vector.

Examples

      GetCommandLine
"C:\Program Files\Dyalog\Dyalog APL-64 13.2 Unicode\dyalog.exe"

      ⎕←2 ⎕NQ '.' 'GetCommandLine'
"C:\Program Files\Dyalog\Dyalog APL-64 13.2 Unicode\dyalog.exe"

Note

GetCommandLine only works on Windows, and its use is deprecated in favour of GetCommandLineArgs, which works on all platforms.