Hi Susan, In the version in CVS, TDirectory::SaveSelf writes automatically to the right place. Thanks for this remark. Rene Brun Susan Kasahara wrote: > > Hi roottalk, > I've noticed that invoking TDirectory::SaveSelf requires one to > cd() to the directory of interest before invoking it, e.g. > TFile* fTFile1 = new TFile("myfile1",...); > TFile* fTFile2 = new TFile("myfile2",...); > ... > fTFile1 -> cd(); > fTFile1 -> SaveSelf(); > > This is because, I think, the TDirectory methods invoked by > SaveSelf (WriteKeys & WriteDirHeader) use > gFile instead of its data member fFile. Is this a bug or an intended feature? > The danger is that if a user forgets to invoke: fTFile1->cd();, > the potential seems to be present for them to modify a differnt > file ("myfile2" in the example) unintentionally with the SaveSelf call. > -Sue
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