Parameters eaten by the CMD.EXE

The following parameter, when fed to a REXX program (or a batch program) is interpreted and "eaten" by the command interpreter CMD.EXE (see also Parameters eaten by the REXX interpreter):

• q
  Suppress all output of OS/2 commands while running the program (Use ECHO ON in your REXX program to turn this feature off)

  Important: The parameter /Q is always interpreted by the CMD.EXE. It is never seen by the REXX program. This is also true for any parameter beginning with /Q (or /q). Therefore, if you call a REXX program with the parameter '/QUIET' it will only see 'UIET' as parameter!

  To avoid this limitation for parameters beginning with /Q you can call the program with the parameter in double quotes--e.g., myProgram "/QUIET". But be aware that in this case the CMD will also pass the double quotes to your program!

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  Another workaround:

  Simply use the parameter /Q twice. Example:

   
  D:\Test> test2.cmd test /q
       3 *-* parse arg thisargs
         >>>   "test "
  
  D:\Test> test2.cmd test /q /q
       3 *-* parse arg thisargs
         >>>   "test  /q"
  
  D:\Test> test2.cmd test /q/quiet
       3 *-* parse arg thisargs
         >>>   "test /quiet"
  

  Source: Barry Lemon (see EMail Addresses)

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  Please note that other command line interpreter, such as 4OS2, for instance, may or may not have the limitation mentioned above.

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