]> On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 01:42:55PM +0000, onlyclimb wrote: > why i can not use > # Sys.command "cd /" ;; > to change the dir to the "/" Because Sys.command is implemented on top of "system" C's stdlib function which execute a new shell with "sh -c" and pass it the command you want to be run. Path changes in the shell process aren't reflected in the invoking process. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli - Undergraduate Student of CS @ Uni. Bologna, Italy zack@{cs.unibo.it,debian.org,bononia.it} - http://www.bononia.it/zack/ "I know you believe you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!" -- G.Romney ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners