From: utzoo!decvax!duke!unc!smb
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards,net.news.b
Title: Re: Identify program error messages, please!
Article-I.D.: unc.3729
Posted: Sun Jul 25 15:22:45 1982
Received: Wed Jul 28 03:48:12 1982


I agree that error messages should be identified.  Unfortunately, it
takes a little forethought -- 'perror' doesn't make that easy on you; it
should take two arguments, or it should fill in the command-name itself.
Amdahl's UTS (UNIX/370) system stores argv[0] in 'cmdname' in the
run-time startup routine (crt0.o); that makes it globally accessible,
like 'environ', and hence makes it easier on programmers.


		--Steve Bellovin