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Using arguments files

You can combine several command line options into a file called an arguments file. You then name the arguments file on the command line using the -f command line option. The command line options in the arguments file will be read as if they had been entered on the command line. Arguments files are usually given the extension .xar. The following command line reads command line options from the file arguments.xar and compiles program.xom.

ompbc -s program.xom -f arguments.xar

If you place the -s argument in an arguments file, you can start OmniMark Professional Batch Compiler using an arguments file alone. The following command line causes OmniMark Professional Batch Compiler to read options, including the -s option, from the arguments file program.xar.

ompbc -f program.xar

Place command line arguments one per line, like this:

#!/usr/bin/ompbc -f
-include /opt/OmniMark/xin
-log log.txt

You can include the #! directive in an arguments file. It will be interpreted appropriately on a UNIX system. If used, the #! line must contain the -f command line option, which causes OmniMark Professional Batch Compiler to read the arguments file.

The #! and will be ignored on Windows, except by the Apache web server, which will recognize #! on Windows.

You can load one arguments file from inside another arguments file.

  OmniMark 7.1
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