DOORWRAP(1)          FNORDADEL BBS SOFTWARE           DOORWRAP(1)

NAME
     doorwrap.tos - wrapper for doors that don't take arguments
     properly

SYNOPSIS
     doorwrap doorname [args]

DESCRIPTION
     Arguments may be passed to programs using a variety of
     internal conventions.  Atari has sanctioned one method,
     known as ARGV, and this is what Fnordadel uses to pass argu-
     ments to doors.  However, we have seen programs that do not
     like this, and expect arguments in some other fashion.
     Doorwrap is intended to allow you to run these doors by tak-
     ing the arguments you give it and passing them to the door
     in the old-fashioned way.

     To use doorwrap, simply prepend the full pathname of the
     doorwrap program to the entry in ctdldoor.sys for the
     offending door program.  For example, if you have a program
     called foobar.tos which isn't taking its arguments
     correctly, and its line in ctdldoor.sys looks like

     foobar  ut  c:\blort\foobar.tos -dv

     you may try changing the line to

     foobar  ut  c:\fnordbin\doorwrap.tos c:\blort\foobar.tos -dv

NOTES
     There is no guarantee, of course, that this program will
     solve any given problem, but it's worth a try.

     The ``old-fashioned way'' of passing arguments enforces a
     limit of 126 characters on command lines.  This shouldn't be
     a problem.

     Doorwrap does not pass the environment to the door program,
     so if the door program is expecting the read environment
     variables it will be out of luck.  This was done on purpose.

SEE ALSO
     The Fnordadel Reference Manual

AUTHOR
     Adrian Ashley (elim@secret).