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- From: roozemaa@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl (Peter.Roozemaal.IS-assistent)
- Subject: Re: Reading !Run vars
- Message-ID: <BzEwAo.Cqw@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl>
- Organization: Delft University of Technology
- References: <1992Dec16.185334.11229@westminster.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:25:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec16.185334.11229@westminster.ac.uk> gpcec@westminster.ac.uk (Tom Kirby-Green) writes:
- >Hi quick question...
- > What the best method of getting hold of a Application's Obey dir'.
- >I'm using Desktop C - so basically I need the path that resspr etc uses
- >to find its resources. At the mo. I'm launching the file with the usual
- >!Run, but with the ugly line...
- >
- > Run <CADshell$Dir>.!RunImage "<CADshell$Dir>"
- >
- > Then using argv [1] to pick it up - theres gotta be a better way ;-)
- >
- > Thanks in advance - J.T.T.B. Tom.
- I would use the first part of argv[0]; that contains the full pathname
- with which the program was invoked.
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