> csoundCompile use argc and argv and this are meant from command line It means an array of `argc' strings where the first string is the name of the command. If you want you can get them from the command line but it is not mandatory. > Using Lua (or Python) i have a function setCommand(string command), is there > somethings similar in c? There is a `setCommand' in c++ (csound5/interfaces/CsoundFile.cpp) but not in c. Continue the C experience with `malloc' and `free'. Useful functions for the operations with the strings are man 3 string