[PUP-6919] Puppet::Util::Windows::Process.execute should accept a working directory - Puppet Tickets

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PUP Bug Template customfield_10700 161235
Acceptance Criteria:
- Tests should validate cwd behaves correctly with exec on Windows
Epic Link:
WINning
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Release Notes:
New Feature
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Puppet::Util::Execution.execute now supports a `cwd` option to specify the current working directory that the command will run in. This option is only available on the agent. It cannot be used on the master, meaning it cannot be used in, for example, regular functions, hiera backends, or report processors.

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Puppet::Util::Execution.execute now supports a `cwd` option to specify the current working directory that the command will run in. This option is only available on the agent. It cannot be used on the master, meaning it cannot be used in, for example, regular functions, hiera backends, or report processors.

Puppet::Util::Execution.execute should take in a `cwd` option that lets the user specify the new process' working directory.

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PUP-6920 Windows package provider should set working directory (cwd)

PUP-9150 cwd option in Puppet::Util::Execution.execute should work with different Windows path types

relates to

PUP-9997 Puppet must not call Dir.chdir() except in a child process

PUP-5808 puppet via sudo from nfs home is not working