How to read command line arguements

Question

I found this code somewhere (I lost the URL) and I would like to make it work for both fsi.exe and fsc.exe. It seems to work OK for fsi.exe. How can I make to work for fsc.exe too?

let argv = 
#if INTERACTIVE
  fsi.CommandLineArgs
#else
  Sys.argv
#endif

I keep getting errors from fsc.exe when I try to compile it. Where is this magical array Sys.argv defined?

Also: is there a command line argument for fsi that will make it execute a file with the extension of .fs or do I have to rename it to have an extension of .fsx?

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siegfried heintze

Answer 1

The following code worked for me to read the command lines argument for fsc.exe.

let ary = System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()
Array.iter (printf "%s ") ary

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Differences Between the Interactive, Scripting and Compiled Environments