Re: how to change directory of work?

[T Lee Davidson <t.lee.davidson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/14/25 3:59 PM, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> Le 14/04/2025 à 18:49, T Lee Davidson a écrit :
> > > Otherwise you can actually specify the working directory in Exec or Shell by specifying it the "PWD" environment variable.
> > >
> > > Exec ["pwd"] With ["PWD=/root"] Wait
> > >
> > > It's an undocumented Gambas feature.
> >
> > Actually, Benoît, it is documented on the SHELL page in the "Environment" section:
> > https://gambaswiki.org/wiki/lang/shell#t3
>
> Sorry, but I don't see that this specific feature has been documented. I mean that if you specify "PWD=XXX" in the process 
> environment, it is detected by the Gambas interpreter, and then the current working directory of the executed process is set to 
> XXX. It's really an hack. This is why I didn't document it. I even don't know why I'm currently talking about that. :-)

Lol.

Okay, I see. You're talking specifically about the fact, that Gambas will actually detect and respect the value of the PWD 
environment variable, not being documented. I stand corrected. :-)


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Lee

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