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Re: [RFC] Cleaning up die() error messages

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 11, 2005, 15:02 UTC
Message-ID
<81b0412b0510110802lbcdebe0m17bce7ca81ea76d2@mail.gmail.com>
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<20051010105008.GB30202@gentoo.org>
On 10/10/05, Elfyn McBratney <beu@gentoo.org> wrote:
>         int main (int argc, char **argv)
>         {
>                 set_prog_name(argv[0]);

I'd also use readlink on /proc/self/exe by default (if set_prog_name _not_ called). It simplifies the code at least on linux, and makes possible very slow transition for other platforms. So you don't have to update each and every .c file containing "main[[:space:]]*(" ;)

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Message 12 of 13 in “[RFC] Cleaning up die() error messages”
  1. Elfyn McBratneyOct 10, 2005
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2005
  3. Matthias UrlichsOct 11, 2005
  4. H. Peter AnvinOct 11, 2005
  5. Matthias UrlichsOct 12, 2005
  6. H. Peter AnvinOct 12, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2005
  8. H. Peter AnvinOct 12, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2005
  10. Matthias UrlichsOct 12, 2005
  11. Daniel BarkalowOct 10, 2005
  12. Alex RiesenOct 11, 2005
  13. H. Peter AnvinOct 11, 2005

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