Improve getprogname/setprogname #1

New issue

Open

opened 2026-01-09 06:31:33 +01:00 by xdelatour · 2 comments

xdelatour commented

2026-01-09 06:31:33 +01:00

Owner

Currently, setprogname do nothing and getprogname returns a litteral string (name of the binary)

Todo:

char *progname;
setprogname(n) if(!progname) progname=n
getprogname() return progname

Currently, setprogname do nothing and getprogname returns a litteral string (name of the binary) Todo: - char *progname; - setprogname(n) if(!progname) progname=n - getprogname() return progname

xdelatour added the

enhancement

label

2026-01-09 06:31:40 +01:00

xdelatour added this to the util-mint project

2026-01-09 06:31:47 +01:00

xdelatour self-assigned this

2026-01-09 06:31:49 +01:00

xdelatour commented

2026-01-12 05:52:10 +01:00

Author

Owner

The pointer progname must point inside argv[0] to skip the path. So, getprogname return the basename

xdelatour commented

2026-01-12 06:00:28 +01:00

Author

Owner

Check if setprogname is called at beginning of main() (because it's automatically done on NetBSD and programs may call getprogname without setprogname)