/proc/self/exename -> exe ? (Re: Retrieving name of executable)

[Stephan Mueller]

... but perhaps you can deprecate it.  For example, have it take an ever
increasing amount of time to open each time it's referenced :-)

stephan();


-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf
Of Corinna Vinschen
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:12 AM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: /proc/self/exename -> exe ? (Re: Retrieving name of
executable)

On Mar 29 09:47, Chris January wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >The old exename was a file containing the path, the new exe is a
symlink
> >pointing to the binary.  This is how it's done on Linux.
> 
> Maybe exename should be kept for backwards compatibility?

Sigh.  Ok, I reverted the removal of exename.


Corinna

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