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Re: is CURDIR guaranteed to be an absolute path?
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Paul Smith |
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Re: is CURDIR guaranteed to be an absolute path? |
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Sat, 02 Apr 2016 17:08:57 -0400 |
On Sat, 2016-04-02 at 13:49 -0700, David Boyce wrote:
> I've always believed and observed that $(CURDIR) returns an absolute
> path but can't find it spelled out anywhere in the docs. Would it be
> possible to insert the word "absolute" at the strategic point to
> clarify this?
We use getcwd(3) to obtain the working directory so yes, it will always
be absolute. I'll update the doc.