OpenEuphoria

Re: current_dir()

• Posted by Jules <jdavy at dsl.pip?x.?om> Aug 08, 2007
• 587 views

Juergen Luethje wrote:
> 
> 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

Ok thanks Juergen. I was trying to write a program which would "find itself" as
it were, and I thought current_dir() would be a way to do it.
But going back to my point about consoles (sticking with Windows), I can open a
console and CD to c:\euphoria, then open another and CD to c:\windows... so which
is the current directory in this case?