Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com From: Chris Faylor Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 22:53:07 -0400 To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Current Directory? [Branch from Re: DLL naming conventions] Message-ID: <20000904225307.B1081@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@sources.redhat.com References: <200009011148.OAA23769@urkki.tellabs.fi> <39AFB333.69CE5F95@ece.gatech.edu> <20000902140958.F7695@demon.co.uk> <39B14893.A86AF3F9@ece.gatech.edu> <20000902231925.Q7695@demon.co.uk> <20000902221915.B13854@cygnus.com> <39B4209A.6B5BBEC1@home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.6i In-Reply-To: <39B4209A.6B5BBEC1@home.com>; from superbiskit@home.com on Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 06:22:18PM -0400 On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 06:22:18PM -0400, David A. Cobb wrote: >Chris Faylor wrote: > >> On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 11:19:25PM +0100, Gary V. Vaughan wrote: >> >> Since windows-dll >> >> loading is based on the executable path, and not 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' or >> >> similar, you've got a problem. >> > >> >Most definitely. >> >> It is *not* strictly based on the executable path. It first searches >> the current directory, then searches the directory containing the executable. > >With the possibility of several processes active and several partitions, etc., >just like the big boys; what does "current directory" mean? I only see it when >defining a PIF for a DOS program. I actually got the order wrong. It searches the directory containing the executable and then the current directory. As far as what the "current directory" means, it means the directory you're cd'ed to. cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com