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Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 13:32:37 +0200
From: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Symlink support in dosexec.c
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 20:36:31 +0200
> > From: Laurynas Biveinis <lauras AT softhome DOT net>
> >
> > I've following little problem:
> > should this code pass argv[0] as 'args.exe'?
> >
> >    symlink("args.exe", "linkargs.exe");
> >    spawnl(P_WAIT, "linkargs.exe", "args.exe", "oh", "well", NULL);
> 
> It should, but it can't, in general.

> We could have arranged to pass the correct argv0 when we invoke
> programs the DJGPP way (via !proxy), but that would create subtle
> differences with the case when a program is invoked via the shell, or
> by `system'.  So we leave this alone.

Thanks for explanation.

Laurynas