John A. Wallace wrote: > When using Enigmail In Windows OS, if Iwant tomake a reference to a folder by > using a relative path such as“.\folder1\folder2”, instead of an absolute path > starting at the root of the drive,in the OpenPGP Preferences > > Advanced>Additional parameters for GnuPG, where exactly would that initial > directory“.\”be referring to? I mean, is it the folder > where“thunderbird.exe”starts up, or the thunderbird profile,or“gpg.exe”,or > where exactly?
There is no current directory of Enigmail outside of what is defined for an
extension.
It's somewhat indeterminate. The idea of a current directory is problematic
with Windows gui apps. it's whatever directory Windows happened to be working
in when the app is started. TB/SM started by Explorer from a shortcut will use
the value of the 'Start in' field of the shortcut. If started from clicking on
an associated file, e.g., saved.eml, it will either be the Path value from the
application's key under 'App Paths' or the directory containing the clicked
file.
Filenames passed as arguments are passed by Windows as full paths.
gpg treats the directory of the calling process as the working directory, with
the exception of the handling of keyring files in the home directory.
I don't recall where Thunderbird and Seamonkey make non-absolute file
references from. In the case of extensions, i.e., Enigmail, it's most likely
the profile directory. The mailnews itself code makes use of relative paths
from [ProfD], the profile directory, once it has been configured from an
absolute path. This makes sharing profiles between different OS much easier. I
don't know of a method for end users to access this mechanism though.
It don't recall another request like this in the ten years I've been
associated with the project. The only thing I can tell you is you're just
going to have to tinker with it and see if you can get it to work the way you
wish.
One last thought, what is it you wish to accomplish and why? When one requires
configuration that no one else has mentioned in a decade, it leads me to think
the use case is what needs to be examined.
#include <StdWarranty.h>
Good luck,
-John
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