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Current working directory is not corrrect for executables launched from the shell

           Summary: Current working directory is not corrrect for
                    executables launched from the shell
           Product: Xerces-C++
           Version: 2.1.0
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: MacOS X
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: Utilities
        AssignedTo: xerces-c-dev@xml.apache.org
        ReportedBy: benoit@mutablerealms.com


The current working directory under MacOS X is obtained using the File Manager
API which returns the location of the excutable, not the current working
directory. Therefore the following doesn't work (the xml file to parse isn't found):

  $ bin/DOMCount samples/data/personal.xml

only the following works:
  
  $ ./DOMCount ../samples/data/personal.xml

Shouldn't the XMLParsePathToFSRef method use getcwd() instead to determine the
current working directory? This would work as expected for applications launched
from a shell.

This might break application lanched from the finder however since I think
getcwd returns '/' in this case.

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