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Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] Implement "set cwd" command on GDB
On 09/29/2017 04:31 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> But that's an illusory advantage, isn't it?
I don't think it is.
> Because we then keep "~",
> but it expands to something different for every target, and the user
> has no way of knowing what that will do on another target.
If the user types "~" then surely they want the home directory,
whatever it is on the machine. That's the point of "~" existing,
IMO.
> Moreover,
> the user might not even want to have a different expansion for each
> target.
If the user does not want a different expansion for each
target then they can simply specify an expanded path
like "/home/joe" or whatever without the "~".
Thanks,
Pedro Alves