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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: execution environment
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Date: 25 Feb 88 10:35:48 GMT
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In article <7162@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> lvc@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Lawrence V. Cipriani) writes:
>Is there a way for a program to tell if it was executed
>1) via a users .profile or 2) by a user on their command line?

As the question is posed, in general the answer is "no".
However, depending on what you're really after, there may be some other
way to accomplish it.  Without more information it's hard to give specific
advice.