On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 08:49 -0800, David Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 01:24:03PM +1100, skaller wrote:
> 
> > You simply look at argv[0] which on some Unix systems
> > is the full path name of the invoked executable.
> 
> Actually, argv[0] is almost never a full path. 

You're right. Hmm .. but your example is complicated,
here's a simpler version:

skaller@rosella:/work/felix/flx$ echo $0
bash

.. clearly not the full path.

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John Skaller <skaller at users dot sf dot net>
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