Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:03:17 +0100 | From | DervishD <> | Subject | Re: Changing argv[0] under Linux. |
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Hi Andreas :)
> |> down, mainly because it's ugly - and I hate programs that mess with > |> argv[0]. > argv[0] is not required to point to the actual file name of the > executable, and in fact, most of the time it won't. > Btw, don't use it for setuid programs, it's a huge security hole you can > drive a truck through.
Yes, I suppose that exec'ing whatever is in argv0 is not a good idea :((( Didn't think about it.
Any suggestion on how to get the binary name from the core image?
Thanks a lot for the warning, Andreas :)
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