On 6/20/07, Hi There <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has ever considered adding
> some more environment variables to Gobo so that
> scripts can easily use non-hardcoded paths. I think I
> read somewhere on the wiki Gobo isn't obliged to use
> "Programs" for the programs directory, "Files" for
> files, etc.? In other words, someone could, if he
> wanted, give the default directories a different name.
>
> An example of using these environment variables:
> /$PROGRAMS/Qt/$CURRENT could be /Programas/Qt/Current
> $DEPOT -> MyJunk
> etc.
>
> I checked env and didn't see any of this, which is why
> I bring it up.
> It could be a nice move towards making the filesystem
> more multilingual, even MS does this to make their
> config scripts work across all the different language
> editions of Windows.
> If there is already a good way to determine these
> directories, please do share!

The variables you want are defined in the GoboPath script, which is
part of Scripts, and is meant to be sourced like this:

#!/bin/sh
source GoboPath
echo $goboPrograms

-- Hisham
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