[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #62414] movefile for relative paths doesn't work on Windows anymore.

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URL:
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                 Summary: movefile for relative paths doesn't work on Windows
anymore.
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Wed 04 May 2022 06:01:31 PM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Regression
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Mario Kleiner
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: 7.1.0
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

Statements like this:

movefile('..\relative\path\to\file', targetpath);

worked since at least October 2015 and Octave 4.

Since Octave 7.1, movefile would report a file not found error.
The culprit seem to be the '..\' part defining the relative path.

This is probably related to the changes in use of __wglob__() instead of
glob() inside movefile() and changes to __wglob__() implementation for Windows
in Octave 7.

glob('..\relative\path\to\file') still returns correct results,
but
__glob__('..\relative\path\to\file')
now returns [] empty instead of the correct path.






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