Hi, I've run into the same problem, and it really makes my applications more difficult to develop for end user simplicity. I like your suggested solution. Have you submitted it to [EMAIL PROTECTED]? Regards, Bernie Schneider Systems Analyst CIBER, Inc. 303-224-4159 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 4:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [REBOL] Finding current dir? > > > I have question about what is considered the "current > directory"? > > Under Windoze95, with rebol.exe in my path. I can be in any > directory any place on my machine or Novell network type > "rebol" to start up Rebol. > > I can do 'print what-dir' and get exactly what I expect, say > N:\C\410 for example, if I was in N:\C\410 when I started Rebol. > > But if I run "rebol N:\UTL\trim.r" when I do 'print > what-dir' no matter where I am, I get N:\UTL\ as the > "current directory". > > The user guide documents the latter behavior in > http://www.rebol.com/users/fildir.html by saying 'current > dir comes from system/script/path'. > > Thats all well and good, that I know now the script path, > but how do I find out what the current directory is? Rebol > knew it before I started a script. Is this knowlage lost, > if not where is it? > > I don't see the logic of this "current directory" behavior? > > Any thing wrong with having a real "current directory" and > a "script path" both? > > > To actually get on with my job this is what I did in my > batch file: > > copy N:\UTL\trim.r /y > start /w rebol -sqw trim.r... > del trim.r > > A dumb solution, but one that works to get the current dir, > and lets me move on to more important issues of the project.
