Re: where are the (help, etc.) files?

[TK <tony kwok 3web net>]

As a user I despise "environment variables" - imagine 
keeping them correct and current when there are scores 
of different application on a computer. And there is no 
guarantee that their names will not collide. Thus I much 
prefer to assume only that there will be some fixed 
relationship between the executable and its auxilliary 
(help, overall configuration, maker's plate, etc.) files.
Perhaps they cohabitate in the same directory. Then
(from the command line at the initialization time -
 if there is no other way)  I get the path to the executable 
and open the required files. As long as there is a simple 
message - something like:  "xyzApp initialization error: 
unable to find xyzAppHelp.html in the same directory 
as xyzApp) there is hardly ever a problem, even if the 
used moves or renames the files.

BTW - is there a POSIX (Linux, Unix...) equvalent of Win32 GetModuleFileName() or Macintosh 
CFBundleGetMainBundle() 
call to return full path to the current executable? 

TK
 
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