argv processing

[nigelhoath]

Getting bogged down on finishing my first serious prog.

I have created a class to hold all command line args, constants, program variables (perhaps globals and constants better describes it):

class c_program_variables
{
	public:
		string m_testname;
		
		// output filenames
		string m_s_filename_timout_piped;		
		string m_s_filename_timout_evt;		
		string m_s_filename_timout_err;		
		
		// Input file names
		string m_s_filename_comout;		
		string m_s_filename_runout;
		
		// error terminates run, warning written to m_s_filename_timout_err
		bool m_b_error_flag;
		bool m_b_warning_flag;
		
		int m_i_95_percentile;   // additional percentile output req'd
	                int m_i_response_precision;  
	                bool m_b_timout_evt_reqd;  // output formatted timeout
	                bool m_b_timout_piped_reqd;  // output piped timout for spreadsheet input
	    
	               // timestamp limits input by arguments
    	               static time_t d_starttime;  // = 0;
    	               time_t d_endtime; // = 159999999;
    	
                	// timestamps used to store min and max in comout
    	               time_t d_earliesttime;  // = 159999999;
    	               time_t d_latesttime;  // = 0;
      	
      	               // methods
      	
      	              c_program_variables::c_program_variables (int argc, char *argv);

}

I want the constructor to process argc, argv and set the other various global type information.

Qs

1. Is this a good idea?
2. How do I usefully pass *argv[] into my constructor?

Any help greatly appreciated. Nigel