$ LOOP1:
$ P_index = P_index + 1
$ IF P_index .GT. 8 THEN GOTO ENDLOOP1
-$ P1 = F$EDIT(P1,"TRIM")
-$ IF P1 .EQS. "HELP" THEN GOTO USAGE
-$ IF P1 .EQS. "32"
+$ P = F$EDIT(P1,"TRIM,LOWERCASE")
+$ IF P .EQS. "help" THEN GOTO USAGE
+$ IF P .EQS. "32"
$ THEN
$ pointer_size = "-P32"
-$ P1 = ""
+$ P = ""
$ ENDIF
-$ IF P1 .EQS. "64"
+$ IF P .EQS. "64"
$ THEN
$ pointer_size = "-P64"
-$ P1 = ""
+$ P = ""
$ ENDIF
-$ IF P1 .EQS. "DEBUG"
+$ IF P .EQS. "debug"
$ THEN
$ debug = "--debug"
-$ P1 = ""
+$ P = ""
$ ENDIF
-$ IF P1 .NES. "" THEN -
+$ IF P .NES. "" THEN -
collected_args = collected_args + " " + P1
$ P1 = P2
$ P2 = P3