How to find name of program running.

I have a setup program and I want the program to copy itself to the computer.
How do I make a program find out what it's own name is.

shell.getRunningProgram() Check it out here: Shell API

I thought it was from the FS api. I didn't bother looking at the shell API. Thanks.

No problem, that's what we're here for! :(/>/>

sorry for posting on a old thread, but what if i want a api to get the main program's dir? Is it possible without needing to type the dir manually in a api function?

RoD, on 19 May 2014 - 08:19 PM said:

sorry for posting on a old thread, but what if i want a api to get the main program's dir? Is it possible without needing to type the dir manually in a api function?

Since an API doesn't have its own shell, you're going to have to pass a shell to the API. Then you can use shell.getRunningProgram().

Lignum, on 19 May 2014 - 08:28 PM said:

RoD, on 19 May 2014 - 08:19 PM said:

sorry for posting on a old thread, but what if i want a api to get the main program's dir? Is it possible without needing to type the dir manually in a api function?

Since an API doesn't have its own shell, you're going to have to pass a shell to the API. Then you can use shell.getRunningProgram().

how so?

It's because os.loadAPI runs the API in it's own environment, which has access to the global environment. The global environment however, does not actually contain the shell API.

CometWolf, on 19 May 2014 - 09:34 PM said:

It's because os.loadAPI runs the API in it's own environment, which has access to the global environment. The global environment however, does not actually contain the shell API.

Yea i got that, but how do i get a shell in the global environment?
Nevermind, i got it. I loaded the shell into the api using a function parameter.