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1 | .\" -*-nroff-*- |
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2 | .TH quis 3 "22 May 1999" mLib |
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3 | .SH NAME |
4 | quis \- remember the program's name for use in messages |
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5 | .\" @quis |
6 | .\" @ego |
7 | .\" @QUIS |
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8 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
9 | .nf |
10 | .B "#include <mLib/quis.h>" |
11 | |
12 | .BI "void ego(const char *" p ); |
13 | .B "const char *quis(void);" |
14 | .B "const char *QUIS;" |
15 | .fi |
16 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
17 | The |
18 | .B ego |
19 | function should be called early in your program's initialization |
20 | sequence, with the value of |
21 | .B argv[0] |
22 | as its argument. It will strip away leading path components, and a |
23 | leading `\-' character (in case the program was called as a login |
24 | shell), and keep the resulting short name for later. |
25 | .PP |
26 | The |
27 | .B quis |
28 | function returns the stored program name. There is also a macro |
29 | .B QUIS |
30 | which expands to the name of a global variable whose value is the string |
31 | returned by |
32 | .BR quis() . |
33 | .PP |
34 | Don't ask why it's done this way. There are raisins, but they're mostly |
35 | hysterical. |
36 | .PP |
37 | The program name is used in the messages produced by the |
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38 | .BR die (3) |
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39 | and |
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40 | .BR moan (3) |
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41 | functions. |
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42 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
43 | .BR report (3), |
44 | .BR mLib (3). |
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45 | .SH AUTHOR |
46 | Mark Wooding, <mdw@nsict.org> |