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# XNLSprogpath

Purpose
Get the full path to the running program.
Synopsis
`const char *XNLSprogpath(const char *name);`
Argument

name | Program name or path ( e.g. argv[0]) encoded in UTF-8.

Return value
Full path to running program or name in case of error.
Further information
1. On Posix systems the argument name should be argv[0]: it is expanded in order to get a full path. Under Windows it is not used (unless an error occurs).
2. The string returned by this function is the result of a call to XNLSconvstrfrom.
Related topics
XNLSfreeargv.
Parent Topic Handling of program parameters

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