I must admit I never used -p nor -P options of pp but if I assume it correctly these version seems to works just as expected ie printing the lone star.

 pp --perlscript -e "print join qq(\n), @ARGV" -o printargv.exe

>perl printargv.exe *
*

# dunno if this is correct..
>par printargv.exe *
*
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Sorry but I have no idea about how to deal with par files..

I really wonder what this imply. Anyway mine was more a curiosity than a problem so do not waste your time investigating if you have not. Thanks anyway.

L*