Different behavior on the way I launch the program

Question

I would create a different behavior based on the system and on the way a software is launched. I'm on Windows and I use Eclipse as IDE. I would have different behaviors on the base of the OS (Linux or Windows). This should be easy to do. This is the code I founded:

#ifdef __linux__ 
    //linux code goes here
#elif _WIN32
    // windows code goes here
#else

#endif

But, I would also have a different behaviour on the base of the way I launch the software. I mean, if I launch the software from my Eclipse, the software has to do something, if I launch it from Windows command line (cmd), another. In my specific case, I need this type of behavior becouse I would use ncurses lib to my output. I would have cout stream when I lauch the software from Eclipse and ncurses output when I launch it from cmd.exe. Thank you for the answers.

Sounds like an [XY Problem](http://xyproblem.info). What are you really trying to accomplish? — IInspectable, Oct 20 '17 at 20:05

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 20 '17 at 10:42

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One possible solution is to use a command-line parameter when you launch your program.
I.e.

> yourprogram --devmode

Launch your program with --devmode from Eclipse IDE, do not specify the parameter when launched normally from the command prompt/shell.

answered Oct 20 '17 at 10:42

roalz

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The other solution is to use environment variables; but I don't think there are any others – UKMonkey Oct 20 '17 at 10:52

Different behavior on the way I launch the program

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