Hi. I extracted getpath.c out of Python and modified it to make a generally useful facility for C and C++ programming. These comments are at the top of my .c file, and I would like to know if they pass muster for meeting licensing, copyright, and aesthetics requirements:
// -*- Mode: C; fill-column: 79 -*- //============================================================================= // Description: // // pathToExecutable.c is a module that allows a Unix program to find the // location of its executable. This capability is extremely useful for // writing programs that don't have to recompiled in order to be relocated // within the filesystem. Any auxiliary files (dynamically loaded // libraries, help files, configuration files, etc.) can just be placed in // the same directory as the executable, and the function // pathToExecutable() can be used by the program at runtime to locate its // executable file and from there the program can locate any auxiliary // files it needs in order to operate. // // pathToExecutable() is smart enough to follow a symlink (or even a chain // of symlinks) in order to find the true location of the executable. In // this manner, for instance, you might install all of the files used by a // program (let's say it's called "my-program"), including the executable, // into the directory /usr/local/lib/my-program, and then put a symlink // into /usr/local/bin that points to the executable // /usr/local/lib/my-program/my-program. Initially pathToExecutable() // will identify /usr/local/bin/my-program as the executable, but it will // then notice that this "file" is really a symbolic link. // pathToExecutable() will then follow the symbolic link and return // "/usr/local/lib/my-program/my-pogram" instead. // // Before a program can call pathToExecutable(), setArgv() must be called // (canonically in main()) so that pathToExecutable() can fetch the value // of argv[0] and use it to help figure out where the executable is // located. // // Copyright and licensing information: // // This software is a heavily modified version of getpath.c from the // Python 2.5.1 release. Both this software and the original software // from which it is derived are freely distributable under the terms of // the permissive freeware license, Python Software Foundation License // Version 2. You can read more about this license here: // // http://www.python.org/psf/license // // The original software from which this software is derived carries the // following copyright: // // Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Python // Software Foundation. // // The modifications to the original software, which are contained herein, // are // // Copyright (c) 2007 Douglas Alan <doug AT alum.mit.edu> // //============================================================================= Thanks, |>oug -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
