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Re: argv[0] has no full path name on winnt
- To: Nick Shaffner <nshaf at intur dot net>
- Subject: Re: argv[0] has no full path name on winnt
- From: Eric Britten <ebritten at uci dot edu>
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 17:24:10 -0700
- CC: Arlindo da Silva <dasilva at woodmore dot gsfc dot nasa dot gov>, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- References: <199707132243.RAA10748@www.intur.net>
Nick Shaffner wrote:
> > I have this wrapper application which uses argv[0] to figure out the
>
> > directory where it was been installed, setting up all the other
> > necessary enviroment variables before firing up the main
> > application. Well, this works on win95; on winnt argv[0] returns
> only
> > the first token on the command line (without the full pathname). Is
> > there a way to get full pathname of the executable that works on
> both
> > win95 AND winnt?
> >
> > Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Try the GetCommandLine() funciton ( not sure of exact name )
> --
> Nick Shaffner
> http://users.intur.net/~nshaf/
>
If GetCommandLine doesn't work, then use GetModuleFileName
GetModuleFileName(NULL, exepath, exepathlength);
Eric Britten
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