fkc@warwick.UUCP (Frank K Carver) (05/24/86)
[ Lineater ----> TRASH ] Hi Guys, More questions. Does anyone know any way to read the name of an application or accessory once it has been started (argv[0] to traditional `C' programmers). I've been trying to get the info, but can't seem to find it. In particular, I would like to have a single version of a RAM using accesory/program - say an editor or ramdisk, and have it start up with the correct data size just by changing the name. Usual caveats apply: 1040, ROM TOS, Lattice C, PD assembler. Any help, pointers, or workarounds appreciated. Cheers, Frank. ---- Frank K Carver "In space ... no one can hear your laser sound-effect" Join the Group Against Gratuitous Acronyms (GAGA) NOW ! Computer Systems Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK or "Magrathea", 5 Whitefields, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK UUCP: ..mcvax!ukc!warwick!fkc ARPA: 'fraid-not@THE-MOMENT -- Frank K Carver "In space ... no one can hear your laser sound-effect" Join the Group Against Gratuitous Acronyms (GAGA) NOW ! Computer Systems Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK or "Magrathea", 5 Whitefields, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK UUCP: ..mcvax!ukc!warwick!fkc ARPA: 'fraid-not@THE-MOMENT
dyer@atari.UUcp (Landon Dyer) (05/28/86)
> Does anyone know any way to read the name of an application or accessory > once it has been started (argv[0] to traditional `C' programmers). No. Not possible unless you have cooperation from the process that Pexec()'d your application. GEMDOS does not pass or preserve the name of the program that was loaded. The desktop does not cooperate. This misfeature is a result of the way commandline arguments are passed to an application. It's been a problem --- in the CP/M and MSDOS model operating systems --- since the first CP/M-80 C compilers came out.... -- -Landon Dyer, Atari Corp. {lll-lcc,lll-crg!vecpyr}!atari!dyer /-----------------------------------------------\ | The views represented here do not necessarily | "If Business is War, then | reflect those of Atari Corp., or even my own. | I'm a Prisoner of Business!" \-----------------------------------------------/
robt@molihp.UUCP (Robert L Thurlow) (06/02/86)
In article <520@snow.warwick.UUCP> fkc@snow.UUCP (Frank K Carver) writes: >Does anyone know any way to read the name of an application or accessory >once it has been started (argv[0] to traditional `C' programmers). Don't have the books handy, but there are some routines to do this. The 'gemlib' startup code with the dev kit pulls things off the command line and puts it into the char *argv[] array like a UNIX system would, but it ALWAYS puts the string 'C Runtime' into *argv[0]. This is a pain, so the AES has a routine called SHEL_READ which allows you to pull stuff off the 'command line' or wherever the command came from, and I think they DO have the ability to get at the command name. There is also a SHEL_WRITE which allows you to generate a new 'command line' for Pexec()'ing another process, plus a couple of other routines. Check the Abacus GEM Reference Manual. Now if you could make multiple links to the same executable, you'd be in business! # UUCP : ...!ubc_vision!molihp!robt Robert Thurlow # # My thoughts are my own, and are void where prohibited by law. # # "There was something fishy about the butler. I think he was a # # Pisces, probably working for scale." -Nick Danger, 3rd Eye #