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From: Georg <dosusb AT googlemail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: argv[0]
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The absolute path name in the environment is available in MS-DOS,
FreeDOS and a XP DOS box, but probably not on all DOS clones.

>ENV:187  Program:MCBTRACEÍ ÿŸ

I called my program MCB - therefore I did not see this problem. DOS
allows for 8 bytes in the MCB and if the program name is shorter it
will add a NUL, not so if the program name is 8 bytes already.
Therefore my code will print up to the next NUL after the program
name.

I see no drive letter in the path - why does it start with MARTIN? Are
you running from a network drive? What is the output of argv[0] in
this case?

Georg