RE: Change Directory

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> How do I change the current directory to the directory from which the
> program executed? I'm looking at command_line()[2] but then I have to 
> parse
> out the program name. Isn't there just a chdir() command? I don't want 
> to do
> a system call, either. Although I don't know why not. Anyway... anybody?

When the program first loads, call built in function [current_dir()] 
from [file.e].  This returns a sequence string such as "C:\EUPHORIA\DOC" 
if the program was run from there.  Save this in a global sequence 
(SavedDir) and when you need to reset this call [chdir(SavedDir)] also 
from [file.e].

Don

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