[CONFIGURATION-463] AbstractFileConfiguration.load(String filename) returns with current directory changed

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6, 1.7
• Fix Version/s: 1.8

Environment

Windows7, Linux (Fedora14)

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: James Garrison
• Created: 27/Sep/11 19:47
• Updated: 04/Feb/12 16:18
• Resolved: 20/Jan/12 20:37

Description

    PropertiesConfiguration pc = new PropertiesConfiguration();
    ...
    for (String f : cl.getArgs())
    {
        pc.load(f);
    }

Invoked in directory /home/me/test with several relative paths, i.e. ./sub1/a.cfg ./sub2/b.cfg

First file loads successfully. Upon return from the first invocation of pc.load(f), the current directory has been changed to the absolute path of the loaded file (/home/me/test/sub1). Thus, subsequent paths given as relative references to the original user.dir fail to be found.

If this is the expected behavior, it should be documented.