Hello,
> # Detailed Design [..] > ## Find the location of the current executable > > To find its search path configuration files when an executable is running, > we can first find the location of the executable. Conveniently, Linux > provides a pseudo-file `/proc/self/exe` for this exact purpose, which works > well for ELF executables. But for an interpreter script, `/proc/self/exe` > would return the file name of its interpreter instead of the script, so > we patch interpreters to set 2 environment variables: > > - `GUIX_INTERPRETER_FILE`: absolute file name of the interpreter > - `GUIX_MAIN_SCRIPT_FILE`: absolute file name of the script > > And when the executable's `/proc/self/exe` matches `GUIX_INTERPRETER_FILE`, > we can get the script file name from `GUIX_MAIN_SCRIPT_FILE`. Alternatively, > we can try to construct the script file name from command line arguments, but > that won't work when you run a script using a relative file name and its > current working directory changed before we figure out the script file name. Would this work with `guix pack' tarball archives, esp. think cross-built `guix pack' archives for MinGW? Greetings, Janneke -- Janneke Nieuwenhuizen <jann...@gnu.org> | GNU LilyPond https://LilyPond.org Freelance IT https://www.JoyOfSource.com | Avatar® https://AvatarAcademy.com
