premake/website/docs/premake_MAIN_SCRIPT.md

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The `_MAIN_SCRIPT` global variable stores the full path to the main project script. This will be the value passed to the `--file` command line argument, or the location of the initial **premake5.lua** script if no `--file` argument was specified.

### Availability ###

Premake 5.0 or later.

## See Also ##

* [_MAIN_SCRIPT_DIR](premake_MAIN_SCRIPT_DIR.md)
* [_PREMAKE_DIR](premake_PREMAKE_DIR.md)
* [_WORKING_DIR](premake_WORKING_DIR.md)
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Added reference pages 2021-03-11 20:29:22 +00:00			The `_MAIN_SCRIPT` global variable stores the full path to the main project script. This will be the value passed to the `--file` command line argument, or the location of the initial premake5.lua script if no `--file` argument was specified.

			`### Availability ###`

			`Premake 5.0 or later.`

			`## See Also ##`

Upgrade docusaurus version to beta.6 - some files had to be renamed as files prefixed with an underscore are ignored now - docusaurus reserves /docs/tags path so we can't have a page there 2021-09-08 19:42:18 +00:00			`* [_MAIN_SCRIPT_DIR](premake_MAIN_SCRIPT_DIR.md)`
			`* [_PREMAKE_DIR](premake_PREMAKE_DIR.md)`
			`* [_WORKING_DIR](premake_WORKING_DIR.md)`