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Current Directory? [Branch from Re: DLL naming conventions]
Chris Faylor wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 11:19:25PM +0100, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> >> Since windows-dll
> >> loading is based on the executable path, and not 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' or
> >> similar, you've got a problem.
> >
> >Most definitely.
>
> It is *not* strictly based on the executable path. It first searches
> the current directory, then searches the directory containing the executable.
With the possibility of several processes active and several partitions, etc.,
just like the big boys; what does "current directory" mean? I only see it when
defining a PIF for a DOS program.
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