Richard Troth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >   This approach does not work if the program is being exec'd
> >  and the exec() call sets argv[0] to something strange.
>
> Leaving argv[0] set to the original command  (then exec())
> or setting it to  "something strange"  are very useful features
> of the UNIX API.   Good stuff.   (But doesn't help Neale.)
>
> -- RMT
>

 To be sure (look at argv[0] of the shell your running sometime :-) )

 I wasn't saying it was bad - it just makes it difficult to
 do what Neale needs done...

        - Dave R. -

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