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From: dyer@atari.UUCP
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Subject: Re: New 40-folder solver ??? - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 29-Apr-87 10:45:48 EDT
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Posted: Wed Apr 29 10:45:48 1987
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> What `trick' do you use to pick up the program name from the
> command line, and normally argv[0] is not avail, but obviously
> you are picking it up somehow.

It is a hack.  The folder adder simply does an Fsfirst() on
"\AUTO\FOLDR*.PRG" and looks at the result.  It searches for itself.
This was suggested by my esteemed colleague Allan Pratt as one of the
most trivial user interfaces possible.

> Is there a fool proof way of doing
> this without mucking around in Gemdos areas?

I was going to answer "No!", but I just thought of something.
Have to think about it ....

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