mich...@x054:[/data/prj/postgresql-8.4.2/src]grep cwd */*.c Well, unless you redefine it... port/exec.c:#define getcwd(cwd,len) GetCurrentDirectory(len, cwd) port/exec.c: char cwd[MAXPGPATH], port/exec.c: if (!getcwd(cwd, MAXPGPATH)) port/exec.c: join_path_components(retpath, cwd, argv0); port/exec.c: join_path_components(retpath, cwd, argv0); port/exec.c: join_path_components(retpath, cwd, test_path); port/exec.c: * getcwd() to figure out where the heck we're at. port/exec.c: * getcwd() to give us an accurate, symlink-free path. port/exec.c: if (!getcwd(orig_wd, MAXPGPATH)) port/exec.c: if (!getcwd(path, MAXPGPATH))
Now I have no idea what is being called. I hope you do. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Michael Felt <mamf...@gmail.com> writes: > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > >> Well, the problem is what to print? The failure we are trying to report > >> is exactly that we *can't get* the name of the directory. > > > Well, there is an argument that a system call is using to get somewhere? > > getcwd() has no input parameters. > > regards, tom lane >