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authorLarry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com>1991-03-21 00:00:00 +0000
committerLarry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com>1991-03-21 00:00:00 +0000
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perl 4.0.00: (no release announcement available)perl-4.0.00
So far, 4.0 is still a beta test version. For the last production version, look in pub/perl.3.0/kits@44.
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+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 1990, 1991 Tom Dinger
+ *
+ * You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as specified in the README file that comes with the perl 4.0 kit.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * A "DOS-aware" chdir() function, that will change current drive as well.
+ *
+ * chdir( "B:" ) -- changes to the default directory, on drive B:
+ * chdir( "C:\FOO" ) changes to the specified directory, on drive C:
+ * chdir( "\BAR" ) changes to the specified directory on the current
+ * drive.
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <direct.h>
+#include <dos.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "config.h"
+#ifdef chdir
+#undef chdir
+#endif
+
+/* We should have the line:
+ *
+ * #define chdir perl_chdir
+ *
+ * in some header for perl (I put it in config.h) so that all
+ * references to chdir() become references to this function.
+ */
+
+/*------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#if defined(BUGGY_MSC5) /* only needed for MSC 5.1 */
+
+int _chdrive( int drivenum )
+{
+unsigned int ndrives;
+unsigned int tmpdrive;
+
+
+_dos_setdrive( drivenum, &ndrives );
+
+/* check for illegal drive letter */
+_dos_getdrive( &tmpdrive );
+
+return (tmpdrive != drivenum) ? -1 : 0 ;
+}
+
+#endif
+
+/*-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+int perl_chdir( char * path )
+{
+int drive_letter;
+unsigned int drivenum;
+
+
+if ( path && *path && (path[1] == ':') )
+ {
+ /* The path starts with a drive letter */
+ /* Change current drive */
+ drive_letter = *path;
+ if ( isalpha(drive_letter) )
+ {
+ /* Drive letter legal */
+ if ( islower(drive_letter) )
+ drive_letter = toupper(drive_letter);
+ drivenum = drive_letter - 'A' + 1;
+
+ /* Change drive */
+ if ( _chdrive( drivenum ) == -1 )
+ {
+ /* Drive change failed -- must be illegal drive letter */
+ errno = ENODEV;
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ /* Now see if that's all we do */
+ if ( ! path[2] )
+ return 0; /* no path after drive -- all done */
+ }
+ /* else drive letter illegal -- fall into "normal" chdir */
+ }
+
+/* Here with some path as well */
+return chdir( path );
+
+/* end perl_chdir() */
+}