Re: any routines for manipulating file/path names?

On Jul 5, 7:29 pm, Wan-Teh Chang <[email protected]> wrote:
> > - are there routines in the NSPR to do this and I'm just not seeing them?
> > - if not, is there a platform-portable way to get the "current directory"?
>
> In practice, you can call the Unix function getcwd():http://opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/getcwd.html
>
>    #include <unistd.h>
>
>    char *getcwd(char *buf, size_t size);
>
> getcwd() is also available on Windows, except that you need to include
> <direct.h> instead and you may need to call this function as _getcwd,
> with an underscore in its name:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sf98bd4y(VS.80).aspx
>
> This reminds me that there is a feature request to add the NSPR
> replacement for getcwd:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=280953
>
> Wan-Teh

Is there any reason why this has not been worked on? It seems like a
very easy (and useful) addition that works on both *nix and Windows.
Or has no-one stepped up to the plate and just do it?