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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: How to get the application path
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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:37:28 +0200
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On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:27:39 -0700, Adam Beneschan wrote:

> I really have to question this.  I tried it using GNAT on Linux, and
> (as I expected) Command_Name simply returns whatever was the first
> token I entered on the shell command line---i.e. argv[0] (which is
> what the Ada 95 manual hints that Command_Name should return).
> 
> Maybe things are different on Windows, but the original poster didn't
> refer to any particular operating system.

AFAIK Windows indeed places the module name into argv[0] rather than the
first token of the command line (the module name is what GetModuleFileName
API would return). The original command line can still be obtained via
GetCommandLine.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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