Re: Name of a program

From	Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.programmer
Subject	Re: Name of a program
Date	2026-04-16 18:17 +0100
Organization	None
Message-ID	<5cca87776fNews04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> (permalink)
References	<5cca837cdbbob@sick-of-spam.invalid>

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In article <5cca837cdbbob@sick-of-spam.invalid>,
   Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
> How can I get the name of program I'm running from within the
> program?

I would have thought that a program would know what it is called?!
So not sure what you are wanting.

You can get the command used to start the program, if that is any
help, by using SWI OS_GetEnv. The name of the program file run will be
in that command, but the command will need parsing to get it. OS_Args
could be used to help that, or do it 'manually' in the program.

-- 
Martin Avison 
Note that unfortunately this email address will become invalid
without notice if (when) any spam is received.

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Name of a program Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-04-16 17:34 +0100
  Re: Name of a program Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-04-16 18:17 +0100
    Re: Name of a program Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-04-16 19:18 +0100
      Re: Name of a program Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-04-16 22:29 +0100
      Re: Name of a program Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2026-04-17 10:45 +0100
        Re: Name of a program Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-04-17 11:43 +0100
          Re: Name of a program Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-04-17 12:59 +0100
            Re: Name of a program Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-04-17 16:52 +0100
              Re: Name of a program Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-04-17 20:15 +0100
                Re: Name of a program Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-04-17 23:24 +0100
                Re: Name of a program Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-04-18 10:08 +0100
                Re: Name of a program Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-04-18 10:56 +0100
                Re: Name of a program Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-04-18 11:13 +0100
                Re: Name of a program Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-04-18 13:50 +0100
                Re: Name of a program Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-04-18 15:29 +0100
                Re: Name of a program Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-04-18 16:30 +0100
                Re: Name of a program Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-04-18 17:54 +0100
                Re: Name of a program Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-04-18 18:06 +0100
                Re: Name of a program Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-04-18 18:51 +0100
                Re: Name of a program Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-04-18 19:08 +0100
                Re: Name of a program Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-04-18 19:36 +0100
        Re: Name of a program Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-04-17 12:08 +0100
          Re: Name of a program Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2026-04-17 14:12 +0100
            Re: Name of a program Tank <webmaster@tankstage.co.uk> - 2026-04-17 15:09 +0100
              Re: Name of a program Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> - 2026-04-17 19:35 +0100
              Re: Name of a program Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-04-17 20:17 +0100
                Re: Name of a program Martin <News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk> - 2026-04-17 23:30 +0100
      Re: Name of a program Steve Fryatt <news@stevefryatt.org.uk> - 2026-04-18 11:39 +0100
        Re: Name of a program Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2026-04-18 13:55 +0100

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