On Wednesday 06 December 2006 12:30, Geir A. Myrestrand wrote: > Randall R Schulz wrote: > > On Wednesday 06 December 2006 11:17, Thomas Hertweck wrote: > >> Anders Johansson wrote: > >> ... > >> > >>> ls -l /proc/$$/exe > >> > >> Could you please elaborate why you came up with this solution? I > >> think this is not portable - for instance, our HP box here has no > >> procfs, so your solution fails. An "echo $0" should always work > >> (as far as I know). > > > > I thought it was rather clever. > > > > This is a list for users of openSUSE Linux or of other Novell SuSE > > Linux releases. At the very least, Linux is a reasonable assumption > > for answers given here, and all current Linux systems have a proc > > file system. > > Note that procfs is deprecated. It is likely to be removed one day. > To make your solution future-proof you should avoid using it.
"My" solution? I did not propose it, Anders Johansson did. "Deprecated" is typically nothing more than a wag of the proverbial finger. And nothing works forever. > Geir A. Myrestrand Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
