std.path.getName(): Screwy by design?

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:27:59 -0500, Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a> wrote:

> "Kagamin" <spam at here.lot> wrote in message
> news:ikl9vq$b0$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Bekenn Wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/1/11 3:27 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> > I've always hated the Windows "Documents and Settings" subdirectory.
>>> > Arggh. Always a pain to use on the command line.
>>>
>>> No kidding.  Thank goodness that's gone post-XP.  Now if only they'd do
>>> the same for Program Files...
>>
>> Did both on my xp, have /home and /programs.
>
> I moved my pictures and music folders to the root of a secondary drive.  
> Kept
> the same names, athough I don't know why. Maybe I'm just used to it.
>
> Now if only I could get programs to quit cluttering "My Documents" with
> their misc junk, instead of "My Documents/.." where all that crap  
> belongs,
> *that* would make me happy...(In the meantime, I've created a "My Docs"
> subdir of "My Documents" that I use as my *real* documents dir - an  
> annoying
> kludge).

With windows 7, the notion of storing in subdirectories is mostly  
pointless.  It gives you instant search of all your documents, no matter  
what directory they are in.

-Steve