define-runtime-path is designed for this problem, IIUC. Let me know if the docs don't help.
Robby On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 11:47 AM, David Storrs <david.sto...@gmail.com> wrote: > Short form: When using Dr Racket, how do I write something that says > "Here is a path to a file that I care about. The path is relative to > you, the script that is running the code" ? > > Long form: > > I have a file, testing_utils.rkt, that includes the following snippet of code: > > (define (load-initial-data where) > (define cmd (string-append "psql -d biomantica < " > (path->string > (path-only > (path->complete-path > (find-system-path 'run-file)))) > where)) > (say "shelling out in order to load initial data into DB. Command > is: \n\t" cmd) > > (void > (with-output-to-string ;; silence the output > (thunk > (system cmd))))) > > > The way this gets used is that one of our test scripts (e.g. > 'endpoints.t') will (require "path/to/testing_utils.rkt") and then > call the load-initial-data function as follows: > > (load-initial-data "../initial_test_data.sql") > > I operate in Emacs via the shell, while my cofounder James uses Dr > Racket. The above sequence works for me but not for him. When I run > endpoints.t it locates the endpoints.t file, generates the path from > there to the initial_test_data.sql file, and shells out to run that > SQL through psql in order to load the database for testing. When > James tries it it fails. > > The failure seems to be that for me "the running script" is the > endpoints.t file, while for him it's the Dr Racket executable. I'm > not sure where to even begin sorting this out, so I was hoping for > some help. > > Any thoughts? > > Dave > > > PS: James had to step out for something else or he would be sending > this himself. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
