Re: How to get the application path

[Markus E Leypold <development-2006-8ecbb5cc8aREMOVETHIS@ANDTHATm-e-leypold.de>]

> On Jul 24, 4:11 am, Stephen Leake <stephen_le...@stephe-leake.org>
> 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).
>>
>> Yes, that is exactly what it does.
>>
>> I guess in the cases I use it, I always launch a program by specifying
>> its full path.
>>
>> That is typically the case for launching from an icon, for example.
>
> What's an icon? :) :)
>
> Seriously, I'm enougb of a dinosaur that I still use command lines for
> everything, most of the time.  (Even on Windows.)  I still think it's
> the coolest thing that I don't have to punch my commands onto
> Hollerith cards any more.

I think thepoint is not that the OP wants icons. The problem is to
find the application's installation directory (where all other
spplication data is, often including configuration) when the
application has been started from e.g. a windows desktop.

Regards -- Markus