Date:	Tue, 7 Dec 1993 17:54:48 -0500
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT expos DOT ctron DOT com>
To:	flaregun AT strauss DOT udel DOT edu
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: Symbolic links and functionality [ was: O_BINARY ]

>   If I am following this, you are saying this WILL work between programs 
> compiled with DJGPP.  For example:
>
> /* DOIT.C */
> void main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
> 	printf("%s\n", argv[0]);
> }
>
> would print DOIT.EXE when invoked from the DOS prompt, and DODAT.EXE when 
> it is execv'd in the DODAT.C program. (??)
>
>   But, if you invoke, say, a program compiled with BCC (or other)
>
> 	execl("mybccprg.exe", "yomama.exe", "arg1", "another arg", 0);
>
> it would call mybccprg.exe with argv[0] = "mybccprg.exe", instead of 
> "yomama.exe" (??).

Exactly, but only in 1.11.

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