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- From: dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk (Denis Howe)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: Re: Reading !Run vars
- Message-ID: <DBH.92Dec18143453@wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk>
- Date: 18 Dec 92 22:34:53 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.185334.11229@westminster.ac.uk>
- <BzEwAo.Cqw@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl>
- Organization: Computing Department, Imperial College, London, UK
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- In-reply-to: roozemaa@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl's message of Thu, 17 Dec 1992 16:25:36
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- In article <1992Dec16.185334.11229@westminster.ac.uk>
- gpcec@westminster.ac.uk (Tom Kirby-Green) wrote:
-
- >I'm launching the file with the usual !Run, but with the ugly line
- >
- > Run <CADshell$Dir>.!RunImage "<CADshell$Dir>"
-
- In article <BzEwAo.Cqw@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl>
- roozemaa@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl (Peter.Roozemaal.IS-assistent) wrote:
-
- >I would use the first part of argv[0]; that contains the full pathname
- >with which the program was invoked.
-
- What wrong with SWI OS_ReadVarVal? In fact, you can use Obey$Dir
- directly until you start multitasking so often you don't even need to
- define an extra private directory variable.
- --
- Denis Howe <dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk>
- So Biggs, you're the idiot who bought all these IBM PCs. You're fired!
-