alias to a function that is called to look up response file arguments in the environment. It is expected to accept a null- terminated string and return a mutable char[] that ends with a null-terminator or null if the response file could not be resolved.
array containing arguments as null-terminated strings
true on success, false if a response file could not be expanded.
Expand any response files in command line. Response files are arguments that look like: @NAME The names are resolved by calling the 'lookup' function passed as a template parameter. That function is expected to first check the environment and then the file system. Arguments are separated by spaces, tabs, or newlines. These can be imbedded within arguments by enclosing the argument in "". Backslashes can be used to escape a ". A line comment can be started with #. Recursively expands nested response files.
To use, put the arguments in a Strings object and call this on it.
Digital Mars's MAKE program can be notified that a program can accept long command lines via environment variables by preceding the rule line for the program with a *.