[syslinux] [PATCH] Describe the --directory option more precisely

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 01/12/2011 03:24 AM, Paul Bolle wrote:
>>
>> And the "current directory" as well after Syslinux startup.
> 
> What would be a clear way to name that directory in man/syslinux.1:
>     syslinux base directory
>     syslinux work directory
>     syslinux root directory
> 
> That name could be used in an additional line like:
>     ldlinux.sys will then use that subdirectory as its base directory.
> 
> That might require an additional section in the manpage that explains
> how ldlinux.sys uses the base (or whatever) directory.
> 
>> There's
>> quite some confusion in the first part of doc/syslinux.txt (search for
>> the word "directory") about what needs to be where.  Some cleanup would
>> be in order in that part, as it seems...
> 
> I'll try to do that too, in a future version of this patch.
> 

The standard Unix name is "working directory"; "default directory" would
work too.  It is definitely not the *root* directory (/).

	-hpa