[comp.unix.questions] AWK ARGV0

phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) (12/20/90)

I would like to know how I can retrieve the original argv[0] from an awk
script.  ARGV[0] is supposed to have the value "awk" though on some systems
this is not true.  The purpose is to be able to detect what command name
was used to invoke the awk script.
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