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Open filename on command line

Started by Pecan, October 26, 2014, 01:18:59 AM

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Pecan

Can someone tell this thick headed self how to open a file on the command line:

I've tried "codeblocks.exe c:\this.is.a.file"
and
"codeblocks.exe --file=c:\this.is.a.file"

neither works for me.


svn build  rev 9936 (2014-10-10 14:00:08)   gcc 4.6.1 Windows/unicode - 32 bit

stahta01

#1
This almost worked for me.


codeblocks.exe --file="C:\Temp\this.is.a.file"


It got a CB error of
---------------------------
Error
---------------------------
Could not open file C:\Temp\this.is.a.file,
because no extension handler could be found.
---------------------------
OK  
---------------------------

I get the same error with this.

codeblocks.exe --file=C:\Temp\this.is.a.file


Windows 7 32 bit.

Added c file extension and this command worked on opening it in CB


codeblocks.exe --file=C:\Temp\this.is.a.file.c



Tim S.
C Programmer working to learn more about C++.
On Windows 10 64 bit and Windows 11 64 bit.
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When in doubt, read the CB WiKi FAQ. [url="http://wiki.codeblocks.org"]http://wiki.codeblocks.org[/url]

scarphin

Maybe the file extension should be inserted to cb's extension handler to point to the internal editor? Just a guess!

Pecan

Reading the code(thanks for the hint staht01), CB will only handle certain extentions for which it has handler to open the files.

I circumvented the code with a personal hack, and am happy I can use CB for a generalized editor now.

MortenMacFly

Well a proper solution would be to show the same dialog we do show in case you open a file without extension handler from the file open dialog.
Compiler logging: Settings->Compiler & Debugger->tab "Other"->Compiler logging="Full command line"
C::B Manual: [url="https://www.codeblocks.org/docs/main_codeblocks_en.html"]https://www.codeblocks.org/docs/main_codeblocks_en.html[/url]
C::B FAQ: [url="https://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=FAQ"]https://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=FAQ[/url]