strange interaction between open and cwd

[Grant Edwards]

On 2010-05-03, Baz Walter <bazwal at ftml.net> wrote:

>>> (something like the environment variable $PWD). shame that
>>> os.getenv('PWD') isn't reliable, as it would solve my issue :(
>>
>> I don't understand what you mean by that.
>
> i'm trying to understand how the path of the cwd can be known if there 
> is no entry for it in the filesytem

It can't.  That's why cwd() failed.

> - but this is starting to get a little OT, so i won't pursue it here
> any longer.

OK.

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