>>As it has to preserve the Path that represents,
>>and because in the cPath dataspace:
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>>"" == "." == ".\" not = "\"
>>empty has to remain empty.
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>Peter, to clarify this a bit more:
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STRTOFILE("This is a test", "test.txt")
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>lcPath = ''
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>? FILE(lcPath + "test.txt")
>? FILE(ADDBS(lcPath) + "test.txt")
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>lcPath = lcPath + "\"
>? FILE(lcPath + "test.txt")>
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ADDBS() should not change the path. If it worked the way you expected, it would.
Yes, I understand the formal logic. However, the 'human logic' must also be considered. I think it is the main reason why extensive documentation is crucial.
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