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Igor Peshansky wrote:
> I just looked at the ChangeLog between those two snapshots.  The following
> looks like the culprit change:
>
> 2006-11-29  Corinna Vinschen  <(snip)>
>
>         * path.cc [snip]
>         (cwdstuff::init): Initialize cygheap->cwd with current working
>         directory.  Change to windows_system_directory afterwards.
>
> With that change, any use of non-Cygwin calls, e.g., GetCurrentDirectory,
> or ShellExecute (which calls GetCurrentDirectory under the covers, it
> seems) will produce the problem you're seeing (Windows system directory as
> the current directory).
>
> So it looks like you ought to call cygwin_internal(CW_SYNC_WINENV) after
> all, as it syncs more than the environment variables...
>   
Indeed, this turns out to be the culprit.

Thanks - also to Corinna - for helping to find this,

 - Michael

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