Worked like a charm. Thanks, Eric.
Eric Sunshine wrote:
> Scott Johnson wrote:
>
>> Since eridanus.exe is in bin/, I mount it using the following:
>> vfs->Mount("/levels/", "..$/data$/levels$/world.zip");
>>
>
> Note that the VFS portable way to refer to the parent directory is "$.."
> rather than "..". Ditto for the current working directory, "$." rather
> than ".".
>
>
>> I tried to troubleshoot this by seeing where the initial
>> path is by default, and I used this code:
>> csRef<iDataBuffer> db = vfs->Expand("."); // expands to "/"
>> csRef<iDataBuffer> db2 = vfs->GetRealPath(db->GetData());
>>
>
> I think that you are confusing the concept of current working directory
> (".") with application directory (where the .exe resides). Running an
> application does not automatically change your current working directory
> to that of the .exe file. As a simple example, at your DOS prompt, you
> may 'cd c:\temp', which makes your current working directory c:\temp.
> When you then run a program c:\devel\bin\foo.exe, your working directory
> is still c:\temp, and ".." is c:\ (the parent of c:\temp), not c:\devel
> (the parent of c:\devel\bin).
>
> What you probably want in this case is $^ which is the VFS shorthand for
> the directory in which the application resides. For the development
> scenario you describe, "$^$..$/data$/levels$/world.zip" seems likely to
> do what you desire.
>
> -- ES
>
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