Re: How to find directory where the program is?

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <u1yd22ztq.fsf@gsfc.nasa.gov>, Stephen Leake <stephen.a.leake.1@gsfc.nasa.gov> writes:
> "Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> writes:
> 
>> I wonder if it is possible to specify a portable interface for doing this
>> sort of thing that could be supported in some manner on most popular
>> operating systems? Would most OS's provide some version of a logical name
>> such that defining a "Translate_Logical_Name" operation would yield things
>> like files/directories?
> 
> Most OS's have "environment variables". The hard part is getting the
> installer to set the appropriate environment variable.

Which is why depending on the installer to do this is not in the spirit
of Ada.

If there is no way to get a definitive answer from the operating
system regarding what image is running, we should not pretend.