Parameter problems in C++ applications

Hi, I created a C++ application called Sujan.exe. In its main method it requires a char array of size 8. here is a copy of my main:

Code:

int main(char s[9])//leave space for last character
{
    cout<<s;
    //I'm not doing anything here, I just want to know
    //whether my program reads in the parameters

       return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Sujan.exe is in the C drive
In command prompt I try to pass my parameters in various ways, all of which bring up access violations.
C:/Sujan.exe/"~+02~-03"
C:/Sujan.exe/~+02~-03
C:/Sujan.exe "~+02~-03"
C:/Sujan.exe ~+02~-03

wats my problem? Am I asking the wrong thing in my C++ program or is my command to the exe flawed so that I cannot access these parameters?

Accepting command line arguments.

Code:

int main(int argc, char **argv)

would help, where argv is an array of character arrays containing your arguments.