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Article #1415Re: File name of current task
From: Randell Jesup
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1989 20:17
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1989 20:17
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In article <623@tardis.Tymnet.COM> jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) writes:
>In article <2045@leah.Albany.Edu> wfh58@leah.Albany.Edu (William F. Hammond) writes:
>>P.S. "argv[0]" *ought* to be the filename rather than the command line entry.
...
>I'm surprised this wasn't part of AmigaDOS 1.0.
Don't be. The CLI was almost an afterthought (remember the CLI switch
in preferences?) Originally, you were supposed to run everything (more or
less) from Workbench, which gives you a lock on the directory you were loaded
from.
--
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!apple!oliveb!amiga!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: File name of current task Message-ID: <7991@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 25 Sep 89 20:17:52 GMT References: <2045@leah.Albany.Edu> <623@tardis.Tymnet.COM> Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 15