[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57666] dir returns wrong "folder" for the "." entry in a directory

[Mike Miller]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?57666>

                 Summary: dir returns wrong "folder" for the "." entry in a
directory
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mtmiller
            Submitted on: Sat 25 Jan 2020 11:36:02 AM PST
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Regression
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: 
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

In Octave 5.1 and 5.2, the dir function returns the right thing:


>> mkdir ("/tmp/emptydir");
>> list = dir ("/tmp/emptydir");
>> list(1).name
ans = .
>> list(1).folder
ans = /tmp/emptydir


In Octave 6, this entry gets the wrong "folder" value, it gets the value of
the current working directory instead:


>> mkdir ("/tmp/emptydir");
>> list = dir ("/tmp/emptydir");
>> list(1).name
ans = .
>> list(1).folder
ans = /home/mike





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