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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Binary location
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2000-03-29 13:33:05
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On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 03:55:53PM +0200, Hans Petter Bieker wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, David Faure wrote:
> 
> > Then
> > - if argv[0] has the full path, you've got it
> > - if not, then findExe (which uses $PATH) will return the same one as
> > the one the shell chose - the first one in $PATH.
> 
> That will not work if PATH is relative and you do a chdir in the app?!

Huh ? PATH being relative ? Never seen that ;-)

Of course, that makes the problem much more complex !
But I really doubt anybody starts a KDE app
from command line + with a relative path + the app does a chdir elsewhere
+ the app is not in the PATH at all + the app crashes
Likelyness ? :)

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