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From: nickroberts@ukf.net (Nick Roberts)
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Subject: Re: How to find directory where the program is?
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 21:11:40 GMT
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On Thu, 25 Apr 2002 19:10:21 +0200, "Sergey Koshcheyev"
<serko84@hotmail.com> strongly typed:

>"Preben Randhol" <randhol+abuse@pvv.org> wrote in message
>news:slrnacfc16.145.randhol+abuse@kiuk0156.chembio.ntnu.no...
>> On Wed, 24 Apr 2002 23:08:28 GMT, Nick Roberts wrote:
>> >
>> > Furthermore, one has to ask the question "why?" (Why do you wish your
>>
>> Basicly so that the program can find out where it's other files are like
>> the help files and graphics etc...
>
>I believe most GPLed C/C++ programs for Unix have such paths hard-coded into
>them, configured at build-time, using autoconf. You might consider that
>approach too.

Surely that's the exact opposite of what should be recommended!

-- 
Nick Roberts