[lug] Perl Help

John Hernandez John.Hernandez at noaa.gov
Thu Oct 4 17:08:48 MDT 2001


The $0 predefined variable should hold that information.

See perlvar(1)

-John

Kyle Moore wrote:
> 
> If I have two symbolic links (a.pl and b.pl) that point to c.pl how can I
> tell how the script was called? In c.pl I need to be able to tell if a.pl,
> b.pl or c.pl was typed in at the command line.
> 
> I know I could get the pid and then match the last column but I was
> looking for something better than a hack. Any ideas?
> 
> ---
> Kyle Moore
> 
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