On Sunday 09 November 2008 05:56:28 am Nate Lowrie wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 1:26 PM, johnf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Ok I have tracked this down.  I have several icons on my desktop to Dabo
> > tools.  I was calling the CD and CxnEditor and others with the following
> > command line.
> >
> > python '/home/johnf/download/dabo/ide/programFile.py'
> >
> > But when I changed it to:
> >
> > python programFile
> >
> > and add a working path
> >
> > /home/johnf/download/dabo/ide/
> >
> > All the issues went away.
> >
> > I think this is just a case of "FM".  Maybe somebody can explain what's
> > happening here?  I don't much of a difference between the two calls.
>
> In the first instance your current working directory is set to
> whatever directory bash is in at launch.  In the second instance, your
> current working directory is /home/johnf/download/dabo/ide/.  All of
> the path finding wizardry expects the current working directory to be
> the directory your app object is in.
>
> Nate L.
>

OK but does that explain the string in the Database field?  I mean what does 
the fact I have a directory with the same name as the database (bonanza 
directory and the database is bonanza) cause the Database field to change to 
"/home/johnf/bonanza" from 'bonanza'.  

That said, I understand your statement of the relative path.


-- 
John Fabiani


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