Re: command line option f -- how do i get the name of the file?
| From: | DL Neil | Date: | Sun, 28 Oct 2001 00:34:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: command line option f -- how do i get the name of the file? | ||
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> I am writing a script using php's command line ability and I am lost on
> how to work with a file when I don't kow what the file's name is.
>
> Example:
> script.php -f <file>
>
> In my script, how do I reference the file when I have no idea what it's
> name is going to be?
>
> The scrip will get called by another application: the other application
> will pipe a file to my scrip and then the scrip has to work with the
> file and output an altered file with a new filename. I have no idea what
> the name of the file is going to be beforehand.
lucas
Take a look at environment variables (etc).
=dn