| | 1 | .\" -*-nroff-*- |
| | 2 | .TH quis 3 "22 May 1999" mLib |
| | 3 | .SH NAME |
| | 4 | quis \- remember the program's name for use in messages |
| | 5 | .\" @quis |
| | 6 | .\" @ego |
| | 7 | .\" @QUIS |
| | 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 |
| | 38 | .BR die (3) |
| | 39 | and |
| | 40 | .BR moan (3) |
| | 41 | functions. |
| | 42 | .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| | 43 | .BR report (3), |
| | 44 | .BR mLib (3). |
| | 45 | .SH AUTHOR |
| | 46 | Mark Wooding, <mdw@nsict.org> |
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