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Article #531Re: What is my name?
From: Mike (I'll think of something ye...
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1989 08:47
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 1989 08:47
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In article <1227@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu> jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu.UUCP (Jim Wright) writes: <In article <20565@cup.portal.com> thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) writes: <| <| It would be trivial to adapt "which" to match the first occurrence <| of */argv[0] in the PATH searched by "which". < <Wouldn't this fail if, for example, I had a script file in S: which <then explicitly called the program and the program was not in a directory <on the PATH. No, it won't. If the program is invoked explicitly, then argv[0] should contain a ':', so the path is never searched. That's why you have to adapt the code, instead of dropping it in as is. Which, of course, doesn't check argv[0], so it will find the script - which is what you want it to do. <mike -- Come all you rolling minstrels, Mike Meyer And together we will try, mwm@berkeley.edu To rouse the spirit of the air, ucbvax!mwm And move the rolling sky. mwm@ucbjade.BITNET
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!eris.berkeley.edu!mwm From: mwm@eris.berkeley.edu (Mike (I'll think of something yet) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: What is my name? Message-ID: <26459@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 19 Jul 89 08:47:44 GMT References: <26385@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <20565@cup.portal.com> <1227@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: mwm@eris.berkeley.edu (Mike (I'll think of something yet) Meyer) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 24