[project @ 2001-07-17 18:47:52 by sof]

wibble

diff --git a/ghc/compiler/main/SysTools.lhs b/ghc/compiler/main/SysTools.lhs
index 5489b38..2ac9d27 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/compiler/main/SysTools.lhs
+++ b/ghc/compiler/main/SysTools.lhs
@@ -688,13 +688,14 @@ slash s1 s2 = s1 ++ ('/' : s2)
 
 #if defined(mingw32_TARGET_OS)
 getExecDir :: IO (Maybe String)
-getExecDir = do let len = 2048
+getExecDir = do let len = 2048 -- plenty, PATH_MAX is 512 under Win32.
                buf <- mallocArray (fromIntegral len)
                ret <- getModuleFileName nullAddr buf len
                if ret == 0 then return Nothing
                            else do s <- peekCString buf
                                    destructArray (fromIntegral len) buf
-                                   return (Just (reverse (tail (dropWhile (not . isSlash) (reverse (unDosifyPath s))))))
+                                   return (Just (reverse (drop (length "/bin/ghc.exe") (reverse (unDosifyPath n)))))
+
 
 foreign import stdcall "GetModuleFileNameA" getModuleFileName :: Addr -> CString -> Int32 -> IO Int32
 #else