497067 - avmshell's System class needs an API for getting the executable name

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Tamarin Graveyard :: Virtual Machine, enhancement)

Description

[Lars T Hansen]

We should support eg System.getExecutablePath.

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Background:

In bug #487199, zwetan replies to a comment by Edwin:

> 
> * iirc, windows has an api for getting the exe pathname, and
> i'm not sure if argv[0] is reliable.  but still a good starting
> point for generic unixlike shells.
> 

I patched a bit the avmshell to support argv[0] (badly needed it for projector)

see
http://code.google.com/p/redtamarin/source/browse/trunk/src/shell/SystemClass.cpp#169
http://code.google.com/p/redtamarin/source/browse/trunk/src/shell/SystemClass.cpp#189
http://code.google.com/p/redtamarin/source/browse/trunk/src/shell/shell_toplevel.as#81
http://code.google.com/p/redtamarin/source/browse/trunk/src/shell/avmshell.cpp#498
http://code.google.com/p/redtamarin/source/browse/trunk/src/shell/avmshell.cpp#896

under OSX/Linux I simply used the argv[0] or reuse the 'executablePath' var
under Windows I used GetModuleFileName (Mmsystem.h)

I didn't extensively tested it but it's working pretty consistant so far

Comment 1

[Sylvestre Ledru [:Sylvestre]]

Tamarin isn't maintained anymore. WONTFIX remaining bugs.