Subject: [shepherd] Confusion about relative file names
From: Dariqq <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:30:40 +0000
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Hello,

Was reading through the shepherd manual and it seems to contain 
contradictory information regarding relative file names:

In Chapter 3 ('herd' and 'shepherd') the manual reads

> Since herd passes its current working directory to ‘shepherd’, you can pass relative file names without trouble.

Chapter 3.2 (Invoking 'herd')

> If you pass a file name as an ARG, it will be passed as-is to the Shepherd, thus if it is not an absolute name, it is local to the current working directory of ‘shepherd’, not to herd.

So which one is it or is there something I am missing here?