Variable: invocation-name

invocation-name is a variable defined in emacs.c.

Value

"emacs"

Documentation

The program name that was used to run Emacs.

Any directory names are omitted.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 19.23.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/emacs.c
  DEFVAR_LISP ("invocation-name", Vinvocation_name,
	       doc: /* The program name that was used to run Emacs.
Any directory names are omitted.  */);