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RE: Retrieving name of executable


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Earl Chew
> Sent: 14 January 2005 18:39

> I think the name of the current executable is stored in 
> myself->progname within cygwin1.dll.
> 
> The more easily accessible __progname returns the basename of the
> executable.
> 
> Is there a way for an application to obtain myself->program, other
> than resorting to raw win32 call to GetModuleFileName()?

argv[0]


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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