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Re: init_buffer PWD fix


From: 宮下 尚:HIMI
Subject: Re: init_buffer PWD fix
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 03:25:57 +0900
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Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

> I can throw together an example where the opposite is true: the value
> of PWD is better than what GetCurrentDirectory returns.

But "PWD" is NOT cared by almost all of the Windows application.
On the contrary, Get/SetCurrentDirectory() is always cared.

> OTOH, differences in behavior on different platforms are not a good
> idea, either.  It makes the documentation either confusing or
> incorrect, and it confuses people who need to work on several
> different platforms.

I don't think it's a difference.  I believe that users only want to set 
the prefered current directory, and it's best to use getcwd()
to realize that at least on Windows.

  With regards,

from himi




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