To:	dave AT babel DOT ho DOT att DOT com (Dave Hayden 908- 946-1107)
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: argv[0] problem (unwanted path in printout)
Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 94 10:42:29 PST
From:	Jonathan Ryshpan <jon AT halsp DOT hitachi DOT com>

>Also, I think UNIX C runtime libraries DON'T put the full path name in
>argv[0].  Argv[0] contains whatever the program that called exec()
>puts in it.  On UNIX, ksh seems to put whatever the user typed, not
>the fully qualified path.  I don't know about other shells.

Some other Unix shells:
	bash: full path name (e.g. /usr/jon/bin/hello)
	csh:  full path name
	sh:   what the user types (e.g. hello)

This is the result of one test, so I wouldn't swear to it in court; 
but I think it's correct.

Jonathan Ryshpan                <jon AT halsp DOT hitachi DOT com>

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