Re: Env["PWD"], why not?

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 19/04/2025 à 00:22, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> Using PWD env to set working dir is cool but why not obey the global Env[]?
>
> Ie. this works..
> Shell "ls" With ["PWD=/usr"] Wait
>
> but this does not..
> Env["PWD"] ="/usr"
> Shell "ls" Wait
>
> Could Shell and Exec not obey the global Env[] if it's been modified?
> then the answer to "can you set the shell working dir?" could be 
> differently, "yes" :)
>
> I cannot imagine it requires much code change. (i could be wrong)
>
> Respects
> BruceS

It's an hack that actually should have nothing to do with environment 
variables. So there is no good reason to extend the logic of that hack.

Regards,

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Benoît Minisini.