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 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
