Hi all, Some months ago, I posted[1] about an issue I had with k3util not functioning correctly on Linux if $HOME/Elecraft already existed, but $HOME/Elecraft/K3_Firmware did not.
I've just bumped into this problem again, and lost quite a bit of time before remembering the previous issue. The problem is this: w2util will create $HOME/Elecraft on first run, and use it to store downloaded firmware. If $HOME/Elecraft already exists, it still works fine. k3util will create $HOME/Elecraft/K3_Firmware to store downloaded firmware. However, it $HOME/Elecraft already exists, k3util will silently fall back to storing downloaded files in the current working directory. Therefore, if, as I just did, you run w2util on a computer that you've never used k3util on, and then you run k3util on that system, it will confusingly download the files to unexpected locations. Would it be possible to change k3util so that it prompts the user for permission and then creates the required directories? Silently falling back to the current working directory should certainly never happen. As an added bonus, how about a command-line option to allow the user to specify the download directory automatically? Something like 'k3util --download-dir="..."' would be very handy. [1] http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg76201.html Thanks, -- Mike, M0PRL / VP8DMH ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
