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Diffstat (limited to 'txr.1')
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@@ -78979,7 +78979,9 @@ smaller than 32767 bytes are strongly discouraged. .SS* Modularization .coNP Variable @ self-path .desc -This variable holds the invocation pathname of the \*(TX program. +This variable holds the invocation pathname of a \*(TX program +that was specified on the command line. + The value of .code self-path when \*(TL expressions are being evaluated in command-line arguments @@ -78992,6 +78994,21 @@ when a \*(TX query is supplied on the command line via the command-line option is the string .strn cmdline . +When a file is being compiled using the +.code --compile +option, the value of +.code self-path +is the source file path. + +When the interactive listener is entered, +.code self-path +is set to the value +.strn listener , +even if prior to that, a file was compiled +or executed, for which +.code self-path +had been set to the name of that file. + Note that for programs read from a file, .code self-path holds the resolved name, and not the invocation name. For instance if @@ -79002,6 +79019,15 @@ whereby \*(TX infers the suffix, then .code self-path holds the suffixed name. +Note that the functions +.codn load , +.code compile-file +and +.code compile-update-file +have no effect on the value of +.code self-path. +The variable is set strictly by command line processing. + .coNP Variable @ stdlib .desc The |