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3.1 KiB
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95 lines
3.1 KiB
Groff
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.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Christopher G. Demetriou
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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.\"
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.Dd May 1, 2001
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.Dt GETPROGNAME 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm getprogname ,
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.Nm setprogname
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.Nd get or set the program name
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.Sh LIBRARY
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.Lb libc
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In stdlib.h
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.Ft const char *
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.Fn getprogname "void"
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.Ft void
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.Fn setprogname "const char *progname"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn getprogname
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and
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.Fn setprogname
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functions manipulate the name of the current program.
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They are used by error-reporting routines to produce
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consistent output.
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn getprogname
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function returns the name of the program.
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If the name has not been set yet, it will return
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.Dv NULL .
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.Pp
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The
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.Fn setprogname
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function sets the name of the program to be the last component of the
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.Fa progname
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argument.
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Since a pointer to the given string is kept as the program name,
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it should not be modified for the rest of the program's lifetime.
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.Pp
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In
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.Fx ,
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the name of the program is set by the start-up code that is run before
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.Fn main ;
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thus,
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running
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.Fn setprogname
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is not necessary.
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Programs that desire maximum portability should still call it;
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on another operating system,
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these functions may be implemented in a portability library.
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Calling
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.Fn setprogname
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allows the aforementioned library to learn the program name without
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modifications to the start-up code.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr err 3 ,
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.Xr setproctitle 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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These functions first appeared in
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.Nx 1.6 ,
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and made their way into
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.Fx 4.4 .
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