getpgmname - get program name (extension)

Syntax

#include <stdlib.h> char *getpgmname(void);

Description getpgmname() returns the name of the calling program.

getpgmname() returns the path name of the exec() function via which the program was started, that was passed as the first parameter. This path name may differ from argv[0]. For example, getpgmname() always returns the fully qualified path name for programs started directly from the shell, but argv[0] contains the name just as it was specified by the user. BS2000 The result corresponds to argv[0] of the main function. (End)

Return val.

Pointer to the program name. The function is always successful.