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9.4 The OPERATING-SYSTEM module

application-name

Function

Summary

Returns the name of the running application.

Signature

application-name => name

Arguments

None.

Values

name
An instance of <byte-string>.

Library

system

Module

operating-system

Description

Returns the name of the running application. This is normally the command name as typed on the command line and may be a non-absolute pathname.

Example

The following is an example of a non-absolute pathname used to refer to the application name.

"foo\bar.exe"

See also

application-arguments, page 182

application-filename, page 181

tokenize-command-string, page 191


System and I/O Reference - 31 MAR 2000

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