Re: CINT working directory

From: Fons Rademakers (Fons.Rademakers@cern.ch)
Date: Mon Apr 12 1999 - 14:54:56 MEST


This currently is a feature, but I will change it to work as expected
(i.e. restore the working directory to the state of before the filedialog).
This was already sometime ago reported by Damir.

Cheers, Fons.


S.J.M. Peeters wrote:
> 
> Dear ROOTers,
> 
> I had another small question, which I decided to post in a new mail for
> reference, since it has a different topic. Again I'm using root v2.21 on
> the hp.
> 
> When I use ROOT interactively and run a macro to make a plot, then save
> the plot (as ps or something) using the menus and the file dialog window in
> another directory, apparently the 'macro directory' changes as well. This
> forces me to try to save a plot in the macro's (which is normally my
> starting directory from root) but then press cancel before I actually do
> save it to get back into the original directory.
> The obvious question is: is this a bug or a feature?
> 
> Cheers,
> Simon Peeters.
> 
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