OpenEuphoria

Re: current_dir()

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <j.lue at ?m?.de> Aug 08, 2007
• 603 views

Jules wrote:

<snip>

> Thanks Don, but it didn't make any difference. Actually, I'm a little confused
> about what current_dir() refers to, because you can have more than one
> "current
> directory". On XP and Linux you could have any number of shells open, each one
> running from a different directory. I thought that current_dir() gives you the
> dir which the Eu program is running from. 
> 
> Please could someone set me straight on this?

When you open a command window (console) on Windows, and it shows say
   C:\Programs>
then "C:\Programs" is the current directory. The definition of the
current directory has nothing got to do with the question where your
Eu program is located. I think it's the same on Linux.

When your program "my.exw" is located in the current directory, then
the command-line for starting it can be as simple as:
   exw my.exw
When your program is _not_ located in the current directory, then
you have to pass its full pathname (surrounded by quotes if it contains
spaces) to the Eu interpreter, e.g.
   exw "D:\my files\test\my.exw"

Regards,
   Juergen