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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Binary location
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-03-29 13:14:19
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On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 10:37:52AM +0300, Roberto Alsina wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Hummel, Timo wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > for the crash handler I need to get out where the binary of an application
> > resides. For example, when I launch /usr/bin/test, the application should
> > get out where it is (in /usr/bin, filename test in this example). How do I
> > do that?
> 
> That's one of the FAQs in comp.os.unix.programming, IIRC>
> The answer used to be: you can't, really, or at least, not portably.

Well, KStdDirs::findExe() is _very _ portable. ;-)

Looks like the question is: what exactly are you trying to do,
and in which case ?
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