From: nshaf@intur.net ("Nick Shaffner") Subject: Re: argv[0] has no full path name on winnt 13 Jul 1997 16:24:33 -0700 Sender: mail@cygnus.com Approved: cygnus.gnu-win32@cygnus.com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199707132243.RAA10748.cygnus.gnu-win32@www.intur.net> Original-To: "Arlindo da Silva" , X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1161 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32@cygnus.com > 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/ - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".