Re: Getting a programs cannonical path

On 2008-04-16, Aaron Gray <ang.usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> ... argv[0] holding the absolute pathname and filename is, of course,
>> more secure, but the MS-DOS legacy includes a lot of stuff that is a
>> bit slapdash.
>
> Great, what an oversite :(
>
> Anyone got any code for this ?

WHich platform ?

FPC has this in the feature set. In general, on Unix it is not possible,
but
it is possible under Linux (by reading an entry in the /proc filesystem).

Windows has a dos heritage in this regard.