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From: bbutler@netcom.com (Bryan Butler)
Subject: Re: How to find the filename of the binary executable...
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Robert Withrow (witr@rwwa.com) wrote:
> Can someone tell me how to find the filename of the *binary*
> file being executed (on, say, FreeBSD 1.1.5.1, or sunos.recent)?

> P.S.: if your answer is argv[0], you don't understand the
> question...

Then clarify your question, because this is exactly what I would have 
told you.

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