[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #31171] file_in_path(".", filename) finds nothing on mingw32 build of Octave

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                 Summary: file_in_path(".", filename) finds nothing on
mingw32 build of Octave
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Thu 30 Sep 2010 11:43:22 AM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Jouni Seppänen
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 3.2.4
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

I am using the mingw32 build of octave 3.2.4. I was having trouble using
imread, and while debugging I noticed that file_in_path fails to find files
that are in the current directory if the path starts with dot. If I add
another dot in the path, the files are found. In the Ubuntu build of octave
3.2 I don't observe this problem, so this could be specific to the mingw
build.

Here is an example:

C:\>ver

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

C:\>octave
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Octave was configured for "i686-pc-mingw32".

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octave:1> file_in_path(".", "autoexec.bat")
ans = [](0x0)
octave:2> file_in_path(".;.", "autoexec.bat")
ans = .\autoexec.bat




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