Re: Need Help from u friends...

Simon Biber said:

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Question for regulars: Is the modification of argv[0] allowed in
standard C? If not, this code needs some simple changes.

You can modify the string that argv[0] points to. You may not lengthen
it, however, and nor may you point argv[0] to some other location.

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