Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA09828; Fri, 8 Dec 95 18:01:42 EST Received: from liquor.cabi.net by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA28841; Fri, 8 Dec 95 18:00:35 EST Received: (from listadm@localhost) by liquor.cabi.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA02485; Fri, 8 Dec 1995 17:58:38 -0500 Resent-Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 17:58:38 -0500 From: Thomas Boutell Message-Id: <199512082302.AB02929@boutell.com> Subject: My Java Problems Explained (?) To: java-linux@java.blackdown.org Date: Fri, 8 Dec 1995 15:02:42 -0800 (PST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 605 Resent-Message-Id: <"ZD7O_.0.Qc.5CCom"@liquor> Resent-From: java-linux@java.blackdown.org X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/680 X-Loop: java-linux@java.blackdown.org Precedence: list Resent-Sender: java-linux-request@java.blackdown.org It turns out that the getcwd() function call always returns null for ELF binaries on my system, unless the current working directory is root. I don't know why. If anybody does, I'd sure like to hear from you. This explains why appletviewer wants to find things in crazy directories, and points out a Java bug: java doesn't check the return code of getcwd. It is presumably ignoring the null return and looking at the undefined garbage in the buffer argument to getcwd() to determine the current directory. I don't know for sure that this explains my javac problems, but I strongly suspect it does. -T