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| author | msofer <msofer@noemail.net> | 2001-09-28 17:53:47 (GMT) |
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| committer | msofer <msofer@noemail.net> | 2001-09-28 17:53:47 (GMT) |
| commit | 991945061146c12bef85cc7b866e528ff90e25d7 (patch) | |
| tree | 70d3d17f5036288dcb8df215daed6569cfdb2014 /doc/FindExec.3 | |
| parent | dbce8ebad4da5fe89bb9659ac5ecc7c65614b8ca (diff) | |
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added a comment not to change the working directory before calling Tcl_GetNameOfExecutable [Bug 219215]
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diff --git a/doc/FindExec.3 b/doc/FindExec.3 index f9d6d14..1ca7682 100644 --- a/doc/FindExec.3 +++ b/doc/FindExec.3 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: FindExec.3,v 1.4 2000/03/03 02:57:37 hobbs Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: FindExec.3,v 1.4.2.1 2001/09/28 17:53:48 msofer Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH Tcl_FindExecutable 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" @@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ It is also returned by the \fBinfo nameofexecutable\fR command. .PP On UNIX platforms this procedure is typically invoked as the very first thing in the application's main program; it must be passed -\fIargv[0]\fR as its argument. \fBTcl_FindExecutable\fR uses \fIargv0\fR +\fIargv[0]\fR as its argument. It is important not to change the +working directory before the invocation. +\fBTcl_FindExecutable\fR uses \fIargv0\fR along with the \fBPATH\fR environment variable to find the application's executable, if possible. If it fails to find the binary, then future calls to \fBinfo nameofexecutable\fR |