Re: Getting a programs cannonical path

"Aaron Gray" <ang.usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Hi,
>
> I was under the missaprehention that argv[0] would be the cannonic path
of 
> the running C program, but it does not appear to be so.
>
> How do I get the cannonical path of the running program in a cross 
> platform way ?

Ah, is there a function that searches the path for an executable and
returns 
its path ?

Basically I want an executable to check for a configuration file in the
same 
directory as it is in and this to work if it is executed from the path.

Thanks,

Aaron