Re: Reading !Run vars

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From: Denis Howe
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 22:34

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In article <1992Dec16.185334.11229@westminster.ac.uk>
gpcec@westminster.ac.uk (Tom Kirby-Green) wrote:

>I'm launching the file with the usual !Run, but with the ugly line
>
>	Run <CADshell$Dir>.!RunImage "<CADshell$Dir>"

In article <BzEwAo.Cqw@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl>
roozemaa@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl (Peter.Roozemaal.IS-assistent) wrote:

>I would use the first part of argv[0]; that contains the full pathname
>with which the program was invoked.

What wrong with SWI OS_ReadVarVal?  In fact, you can use Obey$Dir
directly until you start multitasking so often you don't even need to
define an extra private directory variable.
--
Denis Howe <dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk>
So Biggs, you're the idiot who bought all these IBM PCs.  You're fired!

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