From: utzoo!watmath!idallen
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.news.b
Title: Re: watmath.3082: Identify program error messages, please!
Article-I.D.: watmath.3116
Posted: Wed Jul 28 21:44:59 1982
Received: Wed Jul 28 23:18:55 1982
References: duke.2349

I like the idea of the C runtime setting up cmdname.  I invariably do
this myself (using argv[0]) whenever I write a user routine.  However,
don't just provide a pointer to argv[0] in cmdname!  Please copy the
string so that programs that step on argv[0] don't wipe out their name.
	-IAN!  U of Waterloo  (decvax!watmath!idallen)