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<H1>INVOCATION_NAME</H1>
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)<BR>Updated: 2017-09-15<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
program_invocation_name, program_invocation_short_name - obtain name used to invoke calling program
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
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<B>#define _GNU_SOURCE</B> /* See <A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?7+feature_test_macros">feature_test_macros</A>(7) */
<B>#include &lt;<A HREF="file:///usr/include/errno.h">errno.h</A>&gt;</B>
<B>extern char *</B><I>program_invocation_name</I><B>;</B>
<B>extern char *</B><I>program_invocation_short_name</I><B>;</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<I>program_invocation_name</I>
contains the name that was used to invoke the calling program.
This is the same as the value of
<I>argv[0]</I>
in
<I>main</I>(),
with the difference that the scope of
<I>program_invocation_name</I>
is global.
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<I>program_invocation_short_name</I>
contains the basename component of name that was used to invoke
the calling program.
That is, it is the same value as
<I>program_invocation_name</I>,
with all text up to and including the final slash (/), if any, removed.
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These variables are automatically initialized by the glibc run-time
startup code.
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<H2>CONFORMING TO</H2>
These variables are GNU extensions, and should not be
used in programs intended to be portable.
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
The Linux-specific
<I>/proc/[number]/cmdline</I>
file provides access to similar information.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+proc">proc</A></B>(5)
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<DT id="1"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
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