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Re: loop-AES: passing command line arguments to init [patch]
Martin Godisch wrote:
> > > And changing it is simple. Something like this:
> > >
> > > if(*argv) *argv = "init";
>
> This is what I wonder, whether it is portable.
Modifying argv[0][x] in-place (especially making some strings longer than
original) may need non-portable hacks, but argv[0] is just a pointer that
can be portably modified. I have been writing that kind of pointer
manipulating code for at least 16 years without trouble.
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