[fpc-pascal]chdir problem? -- 2nd request

Peter Vreman peter at freepascal.org
Fri Dec 22 15:50:17 CET 2000


> 
> > IIRC there was already an answer.
> 
> > The path is only changed for the process of your
> > application and not for the parent process (the
> > process that has started your executable).
> 
> You are indeed correct; someone found out that the chdir was 'happening',
> but that when the program exited it was (for lack of a better word) undone.
> That was helpful because it provided insight, but that didn't solve the
> problem -- I really need a solution. Since go32 targets work it would
> appear to me that the problem is related to the Win32 RTL. Correct?

No, it's how win32 (and also linux) works.










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