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"Campbell Boucher-Burnet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > Hm... wasn't this only added in JDK 1.4? It might be better to compute
> absolute
> > paths on startup.
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>
> Sorry Kevin...I must be dense...wasn't *what* only added in JDK1.4?
> Canonicalizing a path? Switching the current directory away from the pwd at
> the time the VM was invoked? ...? Actually, I've never tried or thought about
> changing the pwd, I just always assumed setting the system property "user.dir"
> had some such effect...
No... changing the directory of a VM at runtime.
This has been an outstanding bug for YEARS. I think they either did it in 1.4
or is slated for 1.5..
> but looking at the source, the system properties are filled in by a native
> method in java.lang.System, and putting a system property has only the effect
> of changing the value in the properties object associated with the key. This
> seems kinda "hmmm..." to me. It it possible to change the working directory
> of the JVM process?
no. but don't know about 1.4 (sorry... don't have javadoc built here).
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You mean like Microsoft?
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