Re: How to get the application path

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org>]

Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com> writes:

> Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org> writes:
>
>> Adam Beneschan <adam@irvine.com> writes:
>>> If we assume that Command_Name returns the name of some (executable)
>>> file that may or may not be a full path name, then
>>> Ada.Directories.Full_Name (Ada.Command_Line.Command_Name) should
>>> return the full path, 
>>
>> Yes, this is the right solution.
>
> I don't think Full_Name is what you want.
>
> If you are in /home/myself, and you type foo on the command line, and it
> finds /usr/bin/foo (using your path) and runs it, and Command_Name = "foo",
> then calling Full_Name will give you /home/myself/foo, not
> /usr/bin/foo.

Hmm. It seems I missed A.16 (48):

48/2
    The default directory is the directory that is used if a directory or
    file name is not a full name (that is, when the name does not fully
    identify all of the containing directories).

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