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From: dgk@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (David Korn[eww])
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Finding where an executable was run from -- a proposal.
Summary: ksh passes an absolute pathname for the executable
Message-ID: <10310@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>
Date: 21 May 88 03:43:24 GMT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
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ksh passes the full pathname of the executable as the first environment
variable and names it _.  Thus, if the program is run by ksh,
genenv("_"); returns a pathname for the executable.  Now if everyone
would follow this convention the problem would be solved.

David Korn
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