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.TH getprogname 3C "11 Oct 2010" "SunOS 5.11" "Standard C Library Functions"
.SH NAME
getprogname, setprogname \- get or set the program name
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
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#include <stdlib.h>

const char *getprogname(void);
.fi

.LP
.nf
void setprogname(const char *\fIprogname\fR);
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
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.LP
The \fBgetprogname()\fR function returns the name of the program. If the name has not yet been set, it returns \fINULL\fR.
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.LP
The \fBsetprogname()\fR function sets the name of the program to be the last component of the \fIprogname\fR argument. Since a pointer to the given string is kept as the program name, it should not be modified for the duration of the program.
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.LP
These functions are used by error-reporting routines to produce consistent output.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
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.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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.TS
tab() box;
cw(2.75i) |cw(2.75i) 
lw(2.75i) |lw(2.75i) 
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ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
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Interface StabilityCommitted
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MT-LevelMT-Safe
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.LP
\fBerr\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5)