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Does the PLUGIN command know about directory aliases?

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Code:
v:\> plugin /L plug:\SysUtils64.dll
TCC: (Sys) The specified module could not be found.
 "plug:\SysUtils64.dll"

v:\> dir /k /m /a:-d plug:
2023-06-05  17:52         164,352  4Console64.dll
2022-10-20  16:53         158,720  4threads64.dll
2023-05-31  11:59         272,384  4utils64.dll
2023-06-05  11:27         143,360  4wt.dll
2023-05-14  11:57         195,584  SysUtils64.dll

v:\> alias plug:
d:\data\tccplugins
 
Nope. But you can push your filename through @TRUENAME to canonicalize it.
 
Nope. But you can push your filename through @TRUENAME to canonicalize it.
Easier to use the literal true name, or, at the command line, just press <Tab>. But why not supported? I would have guessed directory aliases aren't specifically built-into (or not) every command; I thought it a much more general mechanism.
 
I think it basically comes down to whether the command calls QueryTrueName() (or whatever its TCC-internal equivalent is.) Some commands do, some don't.
 
Easier to use the literal true name, or, at the command line, just press <Tab>. But why not supported? I would have guessed directory aliases aren't specifically built-into (or not) every command; I thought it a much more general mechanism.

Guessed wrong - directory aliases are built in to every command that need them. (PLUGIN /L doesn't really qualify as a need.)

The only generic directory alias code is for tab completion.
 

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