Add a way to access argv[0] in hooks.

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@74483 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

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diff --git a/tools/llvmc/doc/LLVMC-Reference.rst b/tools/llvmc/doc/LLVMC-Reference.rst
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+++ b/tools/llvmc/doc/LLVMC-Reference.rst
@@ -678,6 +678,28 @@ errors as its status code.
 .. _Graphviz: http://www.graphviz.org/
 .. _Ghostview: http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
 
+Conditioning on the executable name
+-----------------------------------
+
+For now, the executable name (the value passed to the driver in ``argv[0]``) is
+accessible only in the C++ code (i.e. hooks). Use the following code::
+
+    namespace llvmc {
+    extern const char* ProgramName;
+    }
+
+    std::string MyHook() {
+    //...
+    if (strcmp(ProgramName, "mydriver") == 0) {
+       //...
+
+    }
+
+In general, you're encouraged not to make the behaviour dependent on the
+executable file name, and use command-line switches instead. See for example how
+the ``Base`` plugin behaves when it needs to choose the correct linker options
+(think ``g++`` vs. ``gcc``).
+
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