CD (was: CHANGE-DIR) does not allow anything but direct use of file!

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Submitted by: henrikmk

>> a: what-dir

>> a
== %/C/Programmer/altme/worlds/r3-alpha/files/Examples/
>> type? a
== file! 
>> change-dir a
** Script error: change-dir does not allow word! for its path argument 

Works fine in R2.

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^{Imported from: CureCode [ Version: Type: Bug Platform: All Category: n/a Reproduce: Always Fixed-in:none ]
Imported from: metaeducation#272}

Comments:

Rebolbot commented on Apr 2, 2008:

Submitted by: admin

It works fine for me. What version are you using?

Sorry, seems to be 'cd that generates that problem, and not 'change-dir. -- Henrik

A doc note about this function:

CD allows files and words. If the word has no value, it will use it literally as the file name. For example:

cd %cvs
cd cvs
cd ..

This is a convenience in the CD shortcut, and it is not part of the CHANGE-DIR function definition. -Carl

There is a missing get/all in the CD source that caused this bug. This is still not fixed in the current build 81. The fixed source for CD is in Source/mezz/cd.r

-BrianH

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Rebolbot added the Type.bug on Jan 12, 2016

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Oldes added a commit to Oldes/Rebol3 that referenced this issue on Jun 8, 2018:
FEAT/FIX: improved CD shortcut command

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[Oldes]

Related: #2310

[Oldes]

>> cd .
== %/X/GIT/Rebol/

>> cd ..
== %/X/GIT/

>> a: %/X/GIT/Rebol/ cd a
== %/X/GIT/Rebol/