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On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 05:00:36PM +0000, Andy Koppe wrote:
>2010/1/6 Fergus:
>>>> Something wrong somewhere?
>>
>>> ??No.
>>
>> O .. K .. thanks for that ...
>> So how does the same executable differing only in name trigger two entirely
>> different installations?
>
>It checks its own name using argv[0] and acts accordingly.

Ooooooh.  Programmmminnnngggg...

cgf

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