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> From: Tim Van Holder <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
> Date: 08 Jan 2003 11:47:36 +0100
> 
> Not sure what our bash does now; if it uses exec*(), it can pass image
> name and argv0 separately to provide exact Unix-like behaviour.  Maybe
> system() could be changed accordingly as well, leaving only invocations
> from command.com to get the 'full' path as argv0.

I believe you meant `spawn*', not `exec*'.

Since our `system' already uses `spawn*' where possible, fixing
`spawn*' will fix `system' automatically.

If `system' doesn't call `spawn*', it means the subprogram is invoked
via the shell, in which case we don't have any control on argv[0].