From 991945061146c12bef85cc7b866e528ff90e25d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: msofer Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 17:53:47 +0000 Subject: added a comment not to change the working directory before calling Tcl_GetNameOfExecutable [Bug 219215] FossilOrigin-Name: 0e2254efe8c3197a36f31bc0910166382b71153e --- ChangeLog | 5 +++++ doc/FindExec.3 | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 14ddf05..f6f9331 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2001-09-28 Miguel Sofer + + * doc/FindExec.3: added a comment not to change the working + directory before calling Tcl_GetNameOfExecutable [Bug 219215] + 2001-09-28 Andreas Kupries * generic/tclIO.c: added (on behalf of Kevin Kenny 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 -- cgit v0.12