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From: mitch@lynx.uucp (Mitch Bunnell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Reading the symbol table of the currently running executable
Message-ID: <6131@lynx.UUCP>
Date: 5 Sep 89 17:17:36 GMT
References: <9104@june.cs.washington.edu>
Reply-To: mitch@lynx.UUCP (Mitch Bunnell)
Organization: Lynx Real-Time Systems Inc, Campbell CA
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In article <9104@june.cs.washington.edu> bcn@cs.washington.edu (Clifford Neuman) writes:
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>  1) Directly reading the symbol table from within the running program
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>  2) Obtaining the full path name of the presently running executable.
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>  3) Obtaining a file descriptor for the currently running executable


1 - Not possible. The symbol table is NOT loaded with the program.

2 - Not possible.

3 - Not possible.

SORRY

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Mitch Bunnell - Lynx Real-time systems
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