[fpc-pascal] InstantFPC and argv

[Tomas Hajny]

On Sat, May 5, 2012 09:22, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> On Fri, 4 May 2012, Mattias Gaertner wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 May 2012 17:22:16 +0200
>> dhkblaszyk at zeelandnet.nl wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm creating a script to be executed by instantfpc when I noticed
>>> that paramstr(0) does not reflect the location of the script but the
>>> location of the cached executable. Is there a way to alter this
>>> location
>>> programatically to the script location? Is there an alternative way?
>>
>> instantfpc passes as first parameter the original file name.
>> But execv overrides the first argument with the executed file. AFAIK
>> there is no alternative.
>>
>> You can set an environment variable.
>
> I think the environment variable is the best and easiest shot.

My proposal is platform independent (i.e. it will work also under Win32,
OS/2, etc., without any changes). Your proposal probably requires starting
the compiled binary using platform specific API functions to run it with a
modified environment rather than using ExecuteProcess which results in
passing the standard parent's environment (changing the current's process
environment may not be supported on all platforms).

Tomas