> From: Diane Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > ... > > --- Daniel Barclay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Diane Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > ... > > > "\xyz\dir{1,2}" aren't relative pathnames. > > > > If my current directory is "C:\abc", then doesn't > "\xyz\dir1" refer to > > "C:\xyz\dir1", and if my current directory is "D:\def", > then doesn't > > "\xyz\dir1" refer to "D:\xyz\dir1"? > > Nope. If you're in C:\abc, try to 'cd \xyz\dir1' and see what > happens. I checked and get what I expected. A pathname like "\x" is evaluated relative to the current default drive. C:\DBarclay>c: C:\DBarclay>cd \temp C:\temp>dir \dbarclay Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 5C82-06FE Directory of C:\dbarclay 05/06/2002 12:54p <DIR> . 05/06/2002 12:54p <DIR> .. 05/06/2002 12:54p <DIR> on_C 0 File(s) 0 bytes 3 Dir(s) 6,141,587,456 bytes free C:\temp>h: H:\DBarclay>dir \dbarclay Volume in drive H has no label. Volume Serial Number is 64B8-6915 Directory of H:\dbarclay 05/06/2002 12:54p <DIR> . 05/06/2002 12:54p <DIR> .. 05/06/2002 12:54p <DIR> on_H 04/30/2002 04:21p <DIR> work 04/18/2002 02:11p <DIR> work1 0 File(s) 0 bytes 5 Dir(s) 70,851,989,504 bytes free H:\DBarclay> The "cd" command itself also works as I expected: H:\DBarclay>cd \ H:\>cd \dbarclay H:\DBarclay>C: C:\temp>cd \dbarclay C:\DBarclay> The pathname "\dbarclay" doesn't always evaluate to the same directory, so it isn't an absolute pathname, so it must be a relative pathname, right? > (Note that I'm only willing to type those silly > backslashes when I'm referring you to a Winbloze command to run :) Sure. Some parts of Windows take forward slashes anyway. Daniel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
