E.g.:

import std.process;
system(r"cd C:\newfolder");  // no effect

It just stays in the same folder as the exe. I can use SetCurrentDirectoryA as an alternative, but why doesn't it work via the system call?

On Sun, 29 May 2011 00:54:10 -0400, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:

> E.g.:
> 
> import std.process;
> system(r"cd C:\newfolder");  // no effect
> 
> It just stays in the same folder as the exe. I can use SetCurrentDirectoryA as an alternative, but why doesn't it work via the system call?

Because system starts a shell process -- the cd only affects that process, not the parent process (that's you!).

Oh ok. I thought console apps would automagically follow cd calls invoked via system. I got it wrong. Thanks.