Sender:	richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com
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Date:	Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:17:46 +0100
From:	Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
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To:	DooMWiz <DooMWiz AT TicNet DOT Com>
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: which function can return the directory of the .exe ?
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Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Hello.

DooMWiz wrote:
> AFAIK, there is no function to return the directory of an application.

	Check out this info page - type at command prompt:

	info libc alpha fnsplit

fnsplit() will give you components of the filename. Use it on argv[0] and you
should be able to get the program's path. HTH

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