Re: elisp function to find pwd

["B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>]

Vijay Lakshminarayanan wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'd like to know if there exists a simple elisp function that I can
> call and just get the present working directory.
> 
> I tried (pwd) but it gives a prefix.  For example:
> 
> (pwd)
> "Directory C:\\emacs-22.2\\bin/"
> 
> Which prefixes "Directory" to the result.  I could just strip that bit
> out but I'd like to know if there's an easier way.
> 
> Another hack I tried is:
> 
> (defun get-pwd-hack ()
>   (let* ((buffer-name (buffer-name))
>          (buffer-file-name (buffer-file-name))
>          (bnl (length buffer-name))
>          (bfnl (length buffer-file-name)))
>     (substring buffer-file-name 0 (- bfnl (1+ bnl)))))
> 
> Which will fail if I'm in, say, the *scratch* buffer.
> 
> Thanks
> Vijay

Why not just:

(substring (pwd) 10)

which happens to yield

"C:\\mydocu~1/"

on my system (i.e. (pwd) without the prefix). Also works in *scratch*. 
Why is this not "easier?"

Ed