Re: [AD] Finding the current directory path

[Evert Glebbeek <eglebbk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 14-Dec-08, at 3:57 PM, Colin Ward wrote:
> Amiga OS predates Windows, Linux and Mac OS.  Mabye it is they that  
> are
> broken?

The first version of Amiga OS seems to be from 1985 (source:  
wikipedia), so it predates neither DOS nor UNIX - or even Mac OS for  
that matter. The first version of Windows also dates from 1985. Only  
the first of those are even remotely relevant in this context though.
So I wouldn't suggest arguing from the position of which system came  
first - it's pretty much irrelevant anyway.

Fact of the matter is: all major current operating systems recognise  
'.' as the current directory and '/' as a path separator.

> Is VMS broken as well for using strange paths?  Or Mac OS <= 9?

Well, it'd definitely makes them cumbersome to work with. Versions of  
Mac OS prior to 9 are completely irrelevant to any discussion though.

> The fact is that some operating systems are different.

Yup - and we'll need to deal with that.

> Now does anyone have
> any suggestions about how to support this case genrically?  Is there a
> reason why we can't just change the "./" to "" in this case?

Probably not. "filename" should be equivalent to "./filename" anyway  
and both would work if you stuck another path in front of them.
So I'd recommend simply removing "./" where it's not needed. Do make a  
thorough check that it doesn't break anything though, just in case.

Good luck!

Evert