From 3d08cd331c1adcf0d917392f7e527b3f00511748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 06:52:22 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 6.8. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- man/man3/program_invocation_name.3 | 66 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/man3/program_invocation_name.3 (limited to 'man/man3/program_invocation_name.3') diff --git a/man/man3/program_invocation_name.3 b/man/man3/program_invocation_name.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..874420d --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/program_invocation_name.3 @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 2006 Michael Kerrisk +.\" +.\" %%%LICENSE_START(PERMISSIVE_MISC) +.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining +.\" a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the +.\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including +.\" without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, +.\" distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to +.\" permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to +.\" the following conditions: +.\" +.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be +.\" included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, +.\" EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY +.\" CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, +.\" TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE +.\" SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. +.\" %%%LICENSE_END +.\" +.TH program_invocation_name 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +program_invocation_name, program_invocation_short_name \- \ +obtain name used to invoke calling program +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */" +.B #include +.P +.BI "extern char *" program_invocation_name ; +.BI "extern char *" program_invocation_short_name ; +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I program_invocation_name +contains the name that was used to invoke the calling program. +This is the same as the value of +.I argv[0] +in +.IR main (), +with the difference that the scope of +.I program_invocation_name +is global. +.P +.I program_invocation_short_name +contains the basename component of name that was used to invoke +the calling program. +That is, it is the same value as +.IR program_invocation_name , +with all text up to and including the final slash (/), if any, removed. +.P +These variables are automatically initialized by the glibc run-time +startup code. +.SH VERSIONS +The Linux-specific +.IR /proc/ pid /cmdline +file provides access to similar information. +.SH STANDARDS +GNU. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR proc (5) -- cgit v1.2.3