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Date:	Tue, 07 Jan 2003 20:18:01 +0000
From:	Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: m4 port: return program name as 'm4' not '/some/path/m4.exe' [PATCH]
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Reply-To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

Hello.

DJ Delorie wrote:
> Note that for maximum unix compatibility, we should probably do this:
> 
> In the crt0 code, compare the path to our executable to the $PATH.  If
> we were found in some directory already on the $PATH, omit the
> directory and leave the basename.  If we were not found on the $PATH,
> leave the full path alone.

With or without the '.exe'?
 
> Another thing we might consider is to remove the drive specifier if it
> happens to be the current drive.  For many cases, this will make it
> look unix-like enough to work with dos-unaware programs.

Why not just munge it from say c:/ to /dev/c/? That makes it Unixy enough and
doesn't involve information loss.

I suppose there could be two styles of munging:

* just return the stem without extension - Unix-style;
* return a path converted to /dev-style - Unix-friendly.

Should either of these argv[0] mungings be on by default?

Bye, Rich =]

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