Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 16:18:08 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Help with arg passing
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On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Laurynas Biveinis wrote:

> The reason - incorrect argv[0] if program is called through symlink.
> I can't make called program to see the name of symlink in its argv[0],
> it will see its exe name instead.

We could force the use of !proxy if the program is a symlink.  (I'm 
guessing that you check whether the program is a symlink before the 
decision is made how to invoke it.)

Do I understand that you don't intend to support symlinks to
non-DJGPP programs, because of this?

> Another reason - currently the same program with LFN .exe called
> two times with and without long command line will see two different 
> argv[0].

That's true, but any program that looks at its argv[0] should be ready 
to deal with this anyhow, since it gets the 8+3 alias when invoked from
the command line.