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-rw-r--r--doc/FindExec.36
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9dbd6bd..a58fcb7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-09-25 Miguel Sofer <msofer@users.sourceforge.net>
+
+ * doc/FindExec.3: added a comment not to change the working
+ directory before calling Tcl_GetNameOfExecutable [Bug 219215]
+
2001-09-28 Kevin Kenny <kennykb@users.sourceforge.net>
* generic/tclIO.c: added two more '(ClientData)' casts
diff --git a/doc/FindExec.3 b/doc/FindExec.3
index f9d6d14..3e54acd 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 1.5 2001/09/28 17:07:54 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