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Subject:	RE: Strange PWD result from "Cwd::chdir y:/dir"
Date:	Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:10:03 +0300
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> [POPCORN;] chdirtest y:/java
> PWD[/cygdrive/d/dmk/java]
> dir[y:/java]
> PWD[/cygdrive/d/dmk/java/y:/java]
...
> The second attempt is changing to the directory "y:/java".  The
> directory contents are correct, but the PWD value is screwy.  Is it
> supposed to look like this, or is there something wrong here?
>

No, it is not supposed, yes, something wrong. It is a Perl bug. It does not
recognize x:/foo as an absolute path and tries to concatenate is with cwd. The
same happens with some other programs.

-andrej


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