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

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 at 23:30, Benoît Minisini <
benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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,
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini.


a hack? dang the other day it was an undocumented feature :(
Seemed to me like a handy feature.
Oh well. Thanks for the reply.

I could "hack" Shell easy enough by adding "cd " & Shell(sDir) & "; " to
the start of the command string but how could i hack Exec as it's only
single commands?

Respects
BruceS