[Weechat-dev] [bug #27936] weechat::info_get( "weechat_dir", "" ) should return the absolute path

[rettub]

URL:
  <http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?27936>

                 Summary: weechat::info_get( "weechat_dir", "" ) should
return the absolute path
                 Project: WeeChat
            Submitted by: rettub
            Submitted on: Wed 04 Nov 2009 05:06:47 PM GMT
                Category: plugins
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: security
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: other
                IRC nick: rettub

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Details:

weechat::info_get( "weechat_dir", "" ) should return the absolute path
without a trailing shlash.

If you start weechat for example:

  'weechat-curses --dir .weechat-test/'

weechat::info_get( "weechat_dir", "" ) will return:

  '.weechat-test/'

This can cause problems if i.e. a script uses 

  weechat::info_get( "weechat_dir", "" )

to save a config-file in the 'weechat-dir' and save that
location with 'plugin_set_option' for late use.

If the cwd differs next time, starting weechat, say:

  'weechat-curses --dir ../.weechat-test/'

Now, the saved option will point to an not existing file.

In the worst case an other file with the same name, having that
'wrong' path, could be corrupted




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