Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 01:28:22 +0300 From: "Oleg V. Volkov" <rover@lglobus.ru> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there correct way for program to read from itself? Message-ID: <19991119012822.A63914@fly.lglobus.ru> In-Reply-To: <19991118172315.02758@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> References: <19991118065815.B89755@fly.lglobus.ru> <19991118102421.09370@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <19991118223426.A62913@fly.lglobus.ru> <19991118152324.37840@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <19991118232846.A63288@fly.lglobus.ru> <19991118154736.22915@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <19991119002759.B63288@fly.lglobus.ru> <19991118172315.02758@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
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On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 05:23:15PM -0500, Greg Lehey wrote: > >>>>>>> Is there correct way for porgram to read from it's own file? > >>>>>> I'm not sure I understand. What do you mean by "it's own file"? > >>>>>> If you mean the object file, sure. Where's the problem? > >>>>> I mean this situation: > >>>>> I have some program /usr/local/bin/someprog. Is there a way for it > >>>>> to read from itself (from /usr/local/bin/someprog). > >>>> Sure, that's what I said. What do you expect to find? > >>> Could you give me short example? > >> OK, here's copyme.c: [skip] > >> And here's what happens when I run it: > >> $ copyme foo > >> $ cmp copyme foo > >> $ ls -l copyme foo > >> -rwxrwxrwx 1 grog eng 4197 Nov 18 15:44 copyme > >> -r-------- 1 grog eng 4197 Nov 18 15:44 foo > >> $ > >> Not much use, is it? Was that your class assignment? > > Heh, and now put it into PATH... > > and > > $ copyme foo > > Can't open copyme: No such file or directory > > Everything is not that easy. > That wasn't the question. But it can be fixed. How about you doing > it? If i knew how to do it, i didn't came here. -- Oleg V. Volkov aka Rover EH: LCM Rover Join Elite Imperial Fleet! http://www.emperorshammer.org E-mail redirector: sr-13@mail.ru (always up) -=/ SR 13 /=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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