Just write: Private sThePath As String = "/mnt/Data/videos"
And use that variable everywhere as path. That way it is easy to change when needed. DoSomething(sThePath &/ "file.ext") Jussi On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 7:37 PM, Lewis Balentine <le...@keywild.com> wrote: > > >> spawns a new process (the shell) which changes its directory (using the > cd built-in) to /another/directory and then dies. << > That is what I expected but I wanted to verify it to before I asked the > question. > > >> If you want to change the CWD of your process nevertheless, I guess you > can use Extern[1] and access the chdir() function in the C > library. << > I suspect that might be a bit beyond my level of competence at this point. > > >> There is no concept of a current working directory in Gambas << > >> A cleaner solution is to use absolute paths throughout. << > That is tad inconvenient for what I am trying to do. I want to write a > console based application to process a number of files in the directory > from which the application is run with no concept of what that directory > might be at design time. I was going to use the 'cd' command to change to a > target directory for development/testing --- then comment it out afterwards. > > >> The CWD from process startup time is found in Application.Dir. << > I think that can be used as an alternative solution to my problem. > > Thank you Tobias. > > Lewis > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
