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<p>boost::process::args</p>
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<p>The <code class="computeroutput">args</code> property allows to explicitly set arguments for the execution. The name of the executable will always be the first element in the arg-vector.</p>
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<p>To set a the argument vector the following syntax can be used.</p>
<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">args</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">args</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">args</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">{</span><span class="identifier">value1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">value2</span><span class="special">}</span><span class="special">;</span>
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<p>To append a the argument vector the following syntax can be used.</p>
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<p><code class="computeroutput">std::initializer_list</code> is among the allowed types, so the following syntax is also possible.</p>
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<p>Below the possible types for <code class="computeroutput">value</code> are listed, with <code class="computeroutput">char_type</code> being either <code class="computeroutput">char</code> or <code class="computeroutput">wchar_t</code>.</p>
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<p>The overload form is used when more than one string is passed, from the second one forward. I.e. the following expressions have the same results:</p>
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<span class="identifier">spawn</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"gcc"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">args</span> <span class="special">=</span><span class="string">"--version"</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">spawn</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"gcc"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">args</span><span class="special">+=</span><span class="string">"--version"</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">spawn</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"gcc"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">args</span> <span class="special">=</span><span class="special">{</span><span class="string">"--version"</span><span class="special">}</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">spawn</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"gcc"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">args</span><span class="special">+=</span><span class="special">{</span><span class="string">"--version"</span><span class="special">}</span><span class="special">)</span><span class="special">;</span>
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