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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:232875 Archived-At: On 1/31/19 4:23 PM, Richard Stallman wrote: > If the program wants to relaunch itself, or find other files that correspond > to its executable file, it should check @code{argv[0]}. If that string > contains a slash, it is the file name of the executable and its directory > part says where to find other related files. > > If there is no slash, you should search for the executable in the > directories in @envvar{PATH}, and other related files should be in > the installation directory for the program's version. > @c ??? Someone please add a cross reference to info about that. > > Any program that needs to know the location of its executable or that > of other associated files should offer the user an option to specify > another location. > This looks good, except that it's not clear that the guideline is a convention that is not enforced by the operating system. Perhaps append something like the following? "Such an option can be useful when @code{argv[0]} does not follow the usual convention for naming the executable file."