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> > Thats an interesting approach so what happens to a vnode of a
> > running executable when is mark for delete? I kind doubt that the
> > vnode goes away while the image is still executing 8)
> 
> Of course not.  But there is no longer a pathname for it.
> 
> John

So whats wrong with just simply calling getwcd in the main of the
program?

That should get us the current working directory which is what is
needed by java to locate its class libraries.

	Cheers,
	Amancio