Re: How to get pathname of executable

["Marc A. Criley" <mcNOSPAM@mckae.com>]

Dirk Heinrichs wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to find out how to get the complete pathname of an ada executable
> on Linux. I already tried Ada.Command_Line.Command_Name, but that only
> gives the executable's name as the user typed it. I want to find out where
> it is stored in the filesystem so that it can load other files from
> directories relative to its own directory.

If you don't mind using vendor-supplied packages, and you're using GNAT, 
look at GNAT.OS_Lib.Normalize_Pathname(). Using this in combination with 
knowing what your current directory is, and/or 
GNAT.OS_Lib.Locate_Exec_On_Path() (if that might be needed), you can get 
that path.

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