Some operating systems have a limit on the length of a command line. To
circumvent this, or simply for reasons of flexibility, a control file may be
specified from which arguments are drawn. This file does not support the full
syntax of the command line. Commands are separated by whitespace, quotation
marks may be used if an argument contains a space, and the sequence \"
may be used to introduce a genuine quotation mark in such an argument.
Several -control arguments may be specified, and may be mixed in with
conventional command-line arguments. The commands in each control file are
considered in the order in which they are given, after all conventional
arguments have been processed. It is recommended to use -args in all new applications. However, -control will be supported for legacy applications.
To avoid interference between -control and AND, a new mechanism has been added. Using -args in place of -control will perform direct textual substitution of the file into the command line, prior to any other processing.