Re: [Gm2] gm2 cannot detect itself

[Gaius Mulley]

Manfred Hollstein <address@hidden> writes:

> If argv[0] is an absolute path name for an existing file which can be
> executed, I'd trust it because it's probably the file that the caller
> has been attempting to invoke directly; this might be due to a shell
> having found it along $PATH, or, as I said, by a user specifying a
> special version.  Something like the following should work from my point
> of view:
>
>   if (access (argv[0], X_OK) == 0)
>     {
>       /* File exists, take its name and trust it...  */
>     }
>   else
>     {
>       /* File name must have been found via $PATH, just use "gm2".  */
>     }

Hi Manfred,

thanks for the hints - yes this does seem a sensible approach..
I'll implement this..

regards,
Gaius