On 11/18/2014 17:35, John Marino wrote: > On 11/18/2014 17:29, John Marino wrote: >> getcwd seems to work okay, I don't think that's a problem. >> This is where the problems start (cfileutl.pas, PathExists function): >> >> if allowcache then >> Result:=DirCache.DirectoryExists(hs) >> >> The DirCache.DirectoryExists function always returns false, even on >> valid paths. >> > > more importantly, > if allowcache then > Result:=DirCache.DirectoryExists(hs) > else > Result:=SysUtils.DirectoryExists(hs); > > SysUtils.DirectoryExists(hs) returns false too. > > > so I'm back at rtl/unix/sysutils > > Function DirectoryExists (Const Directory : String) : Boolean; > > Var Info : Stat; > > begin > DirectoryExists:=(fpstat(pointer(Directory),Info)>=0) and > fpS_ISDIR(Info.st_mode); > end; >
so DirectoryExists is only hit once -- on a file (/usr/local/etc/fpc.cfg). The DirCache.DirectoryExists function seems to be used instead for all directories, all the time. John _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - [email protected] http://lists.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
