Re: [AD] [4.3] get_executable_name

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On Wednesday 30 August 2006 1:14 am, Evert Glebbeek wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 August 2006 05:18, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> > Are there really unix systems where you cant use getcwd (relative paths
>
> in
>
> > argv) and argv[0] ?
>
> You have it backward: there are UNIX systems where you need to use argv[0].
> In cases where it's not needed, it's better to use available library
> functions or other methods.
> Within those bounds, I'm all for simplifying.

For an absolute path in argv[0], I'll default to that, then look up procfs and 
then if needed, ps. I don't like calling ps like that though.

> Evert
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