[Mingw-users] How asterix in argv : MinGW vs VisualStudio2005

[Robert H. <Rob...@gm...>]

Hi there,

How is it possible to compile/create a native win32 console program with 
MinGW's gcc / g++ runnable in cmd.exe so that the program
can accept a parameter * without interpreting is as current directory 
content.

//Testcode
#include<stdlib.h>
#include<stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
   printf("Arguments: %i \n", argc);
   {
     int i=-1;
     for(i=0; i< argc; i++){
       printf("%s \t", argv[i]);
     }
   }
   return 0;
}
//END Testcode



If I compile this code with with MinGW gcc (GCC) 4.5.2,
gcc argtest.c -o argtest.exe

I can run the exe like this and got:

c:\test>argtest.exe *
Arguments: 3
argtest.exe     argtest.c       argtest.exe


But I want that the MinGW compilation behaves for the user
like the MS VS2005 compilation

c:\test>argtest.exe *
Arguments: 2
argtest.exe	*


If you wish I can write down the MS VC compiler , linker and manifest 
tool options.

Best regards,
Robert Hartmann