Linux cli command program_invocation_name

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NAME 🖥️ program_invocation_name 🖥️

obtain name used to invoke calling program

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <errno.h>
extern char *program_invocation_name;
extern char *program_invocation_short_name;

DESCRIPTION

program_invocation_name contains the name that was used to invoke the calling program. This is the same as the value of argv[0] in main(), with the difference that the scope of program_invocation_name is global.

program_invocation_short_name contains the basename component of name that was used to invoke the calling program. That is, it is the same value as program_invocation_name, with all text up to and including the final slash (/), if any, removed.

These variables are automatically initialized by the glibc run-time startup code.

VERSIONS

The Linux-specific /proc/pid/cmdline file provides access to similar information.

STANDARDS

GNU.

SEE ALSO

proc(5)

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