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On Mar 16 09:15, Ilguiz Latypov wrote:
> 
> > I checked this situation in cmd.exe, and it is not capable of using
> > paths relativ to %Path%.  In other words, if %Path% contains a path
> > c:\foo and you have two files C:\foo\baz.exe and C:\foo\bar\baz.exe,
> > then calling "baz" works, but calling "bar\baz" fails.
> 
> I only meant resolving relative commands against the current directory.  That is, regardless of %PATH%, bar\baz is allowed to resolve if the current directory is c:\foo.  
> 
> The absolute paths are already resolved.
> 
> My patch allows relative and absolute commands in backslash notation, as the test case shows.
> 
> > So, yes, maybe we should care for this situation but it's not something
> > to worry about a lot.  I'll look into it again at some point after 1.7.2
> > has been released.
> 
> Thanks.

This should be fixed in CVS now and will be in 1.7.3.


Corinna

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