Modern Fs FileInfo SetCurrentDir

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SetCurrentDir

Changes the program's current folder, for every thread at once.

Syntax

SetCurrentDir( p )

Notes

• FsResultBool

Examples

#import "std/fs"
using fs

dim as ustring was = CurrentDir( ).Value( )

dim td as FsResultUStr = CreateTempDir( "fbdoc" )
print SetCurrentDir( td.Value( ) ).IsOk( )       '' true

'' PROCESS-WIDE: every thread sees it, and a relative path anywhere in
'' the program now resolves somewhere else. Put it back.
SetCurrentDir( was )
print PathEquals( CurrentDir( ).Value( ), was )  '' true

RemoveDirAll( td.Value( ) )

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Library: Filesystem Library
Category: Filesystem
Documented under: Metadata