Re: argv[0] needs to be an absolute path

[Dan Kegel]

Uwe Bonnes wrote:
> > > > > > "Dan" == Dan Kegel  writes:
> Dan> The C program main(int argc, char **argv) { puts(argv[0]); }
> Dan> outputs an absolute path on Windows, but sometimes outputs a
> Dan> relative path on Wine.  This causes the commandline $ wine d:setup
> Dan> to fail to find its files properly if it uses the basename of
> Dan> argv[0].  One example of this is msvc4.0 (although it only tries
> Dan> this if an earlier method fails, so there's another bug lurking). ..
>
> Dan> The same problem exists for programs launched from other wine
> Dan> programs, e.g. from inside wcmd.  That's another code path, and I
> Dan> couldn't find a one-line fix for that one.  - Dan
>
> Did you check that it is CreateProcess that adds the absolute path? I would
> guess the MS C Library will do it.

Not quite sure how to check.  Can you suggest a way?
> Fiddling with CreateProcess needs good throught.

I have not as yet fiddled with CreateProcess, only with the
code that starts off the initial process when you run Wine,
I think.

- Dan