The task is to programmatically obtain the name used to invoke the program. (For example determine whether the user ran "python hello.py", or "python hellocaller.py", a program importing the code from "hello.py".)

Sometimes a multiline shebang is necessary in order to provide the script name to a language's internal ARGV.

See also Command-line arguments

Examples from GitHub.

 
Wscript.Echo "FullName:",Wscript.FullName
Wscript.Echo "Name:",Wscript.Name
Wscript.Echo "Path:",Wscript.Path
Wscript.Echo "ScriptFullName:",Wscript.ScriptFullName
Wscript.Echo "ScriptName:",Wscript.ScriptName
 