Re: getting the path to the executing program

8 Jan 2004


      On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 07:02:04PM +0100, Tomasz Zielonka wrote:
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On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 09:06:44AM -0800, Hal Daume III wrote:
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is there a function, related to getProgName, which returns the (absolute) 
path to the current program?
A non-portable Linux solution:
System.Posix.readSymbolicLink "/proc/self/exe"
A non-portable FreeBSD solution:

    System.Posix.readSymbolicLink "/proc/curproc/file"

Best regards,
Tom

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