[IronPython] sys.argv empty in compiled scripts

[Howland-Rose, Kyle]

Awesome, thanks Michael :) 

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[mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Michael Foord
Sent: Wednesday, 19 August 2009 8:44 PM
To: Discussion of IronPython
Subject: Re: [IronPython] sys.argv empty in compiled scripts

Hello,

This is a known bug - and if it isn't fixed in 2.6 it really needs to 
be. :-)

You can access the command line arguments through System.Environment.

from System import Environment
args = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()

HTH

Michael

Howland-Rose, Kyle wrote:
> Hi all,
>  
> I just 
> http://ironpython.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=24373 to 
> report this but I would appreciate a work-around if anyone has one.  
> The text of the issue is below.
>  
> Thanks for any help!
>  
> Regards,
> Kyle
>  
> *Description* 
> This is like 
> http://ironpython.codeplex.com/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=12283 but

> seems to refer to a different exe.
>
> I downloaded the pyc in the samples today this problem is still an 
> issue - or is an issue again.
>
> In this case sys.argv is empty in compiled scripts. See below for an 
> example.
>
> bash-3.2$ ipy
> IronPython 2.0 (2.0.0.0) on .NET 2.0.50727.3053
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> ^Z
> bash-3.2$ cat broken.py
> import sys
> print str(sys.argv)
> bash-3.2$ ipy broken.py foo bar
> ['broken.py', 'foo', 'bar']
> bash-3.2$ ipy.exe pyc.py /main:broken.py
> Input Files:
> Output:
> broken
> Target:
> ConsoleApplication
> Platform:
> ILOnly
> Machine:
> I386
> Compiling...
> Saved to broken
> bash-3.2$ ./broken.exe foo bar
> ['']
> bash-3.2$
>
>  
>
>
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